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About Todalkhar Village

Todalkhar is a small village in Gawan tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 223, made up of 106 males and 117 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,104 females per 1000 males. The village covers 230.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Todalkhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Todalkhar village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Gawan
Pincode 815313
Area (hectares) 230.83 hectares
Population 223
Male Population 106
Female Population 117
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,104
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Todalkhar compares

By the 2011 count Todalkhar is the 89th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 230.83 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Todalkhar

Todalkhar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Todalkhar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Todalkhar from other places

Todalkhar lies about 61 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Nawadih, about 16 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Todalkhar
Tehsil headquarters Gawan 10 km
Nearest railway station Nawadih 16 km
Nearest town Kodarma 28 km
District headquarters Giridih 61 km

Villages closest to Todalkhar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gawan tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Todalkhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Todalkhar village had a population of 223. That makes it the 89th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Todalkhar village has 106 males and 117 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Todalkhar has about 1104 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Todalkhar is 815313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Todalkhar covers 230.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Todalkhar falls under Gawan tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Todalkhar is Nawadih, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Todalkhar.

Todalkhar is about 61 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Todalkhar is in Gawan tehsil of Giridih district. Gawan is about 10 km away. Nawadih is about 16 km away. Kodarma is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lauria (under 2 km), Tarapur (under 2 km) and Amjhar (1.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Todalkhar today is likely to be higher.

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