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About Khakhodhab Village

Khakhodhab is a small village in Tisri tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 329, made up of 165 males and 164 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 994 females per 1000 males. The village covers 496 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khakhodhab Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khakhodhab village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Tisri
Pincode 815313
Area (hectares) 496 hectares
Population 329
Male Population 165
Female Population 164
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 994
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khakhodhab compares

By the 2011 count Khakhodhab is the 91st largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 527 residents. Its 496 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Khakhodhab

Khakhodhab is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khakhodhab as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Khakhodhab from other places

Khakhodhab lies about 60 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Gidhaur, about 29 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 Khakhodhab
Tehsil headquarters Tisri 14 km
Nearest town Jamūī 29 km
Nearest railway station Gidhaur 29 km
District headquarters Giridih 60 km

Villages closest to Khakhodhab

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tisri 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 Khakhodhab

As per the Census of India 2011, Khakhodhab village had a population of 329. That makes it the 91st largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 527 residents.

Khakhodhab village has 165 males and 164 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khakhodhab has about 994 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

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

Khakhodhab covers 496 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khakhodhab falls under Tisri tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khakhodhab is Gidhaur, about 29 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 5 - 10 km distance for Khakhodhab.

Khakhodhab is about 60 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khakhodhab is in Tisri tehsil of Giridih district. Tisri is about 14 km away. Jamūī is about 29 km away. Gidhaur is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sagbari (under 2 km), Kundi (2.4 km) and Tisro (2.5 km).

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

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