About Khatponk Village

Khatponk is a mid sized village in Tisri tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,360, made up of 722 males and 638 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 573 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khatponk Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khatponk village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Tisri
Pincode	815313
Area (hectares)	573 hectares
Population	1,360
Male Population	722
Female Population	638
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	884
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khatponk compares

By the 2011 count Khatponk is the 13th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 527 residents. Its 573 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Khatponk

Khatponk is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khatponk as Available within 5 - 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 Khatponk from other places

Khatponk lies about 52 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Duriatanr Halt, about 24 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 Khatponk
Tehsil headquarters	Tisri	7.1 km
Nearest railway station	Duriatanr Halt	24 km
Nearest town	Jhajha	31 km
District headquarters	Giridih	52 km

Villages closest to Khatponk

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.

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Common questions about Khatponk

As per the Census of India 2011, Khatponk village had a population of 1,360. That makes it the 13th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 527 residents.

Khatponk village has 722 males and 638 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khatponk has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

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

Khatponk covers 573 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khatponk falls under Tisri tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khatponk is Duriatanr Halt, about 24 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khatponk.

Khatponk is about 52 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khatponk is in Tisri tehsil of Giridih district. Tisri is about 7.1 km away. Duriatanr Halt is about 24 km away. Jhajha is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.