About Khirodih Village

Khirodih is a mid sized village in Tisri tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,017, made up of 529 males and 488 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 284 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815317, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khirodih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khirodih village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Tisri
Pincode	815317
Area (hectares)	284 hectares
Population	1,017
Male Population	529
Female Population	488
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	922
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 Khirodih compares

By the 2011 count Khirodih is the 20th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 527 residents. Its 284 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Khirodih

Khirodih is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khirodih 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 Khirodih from other places

Khirodih lies about 63 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Dhanwar, about 21 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 Khirodih
Tehsil headquarters	Tisri	18 km
Nearest railway station	Dhanwar	21 km
Nearest town	Kodarma	33 km
District headquarters	Giridih	63 km

Villages closest to Khirodih

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 Khirodih

As per the Census of India 2011, Khirodih village had a population of 1,017. That makes it the 20th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 527 residents.

Khirodih village has 529 males and 488 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khirodih has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Khirodih is 815317. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khirodih covers 284 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khirodih falls under Tisri tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khirodih is Dhanwar, about 21 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 Khirodih.

Khirodih is about 63 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khirodih is in Tisri tehsil of Giridih district. Tisri is about 18 km away. Dhanwar is about 21 km away. Kodarma is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.