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About Khairbani Village

Khairbani is a small village in Boarijor tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 79, made up of 43 males and 36 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 837 females per 1000 males. The village covers 19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814147, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khairbani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khairbani village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Boarijor
Pincode 814147
Area (hectares) 19 hectares
Population 79
Male Population 43
Female Population 36
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 837
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khairbani compares

By the 2011 count Khairbani is the 228th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 442 residents. Its 19 hectares work out to about 4.2 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 1013.

Getting to Khairbani

Khairbani is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khairbani as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Khairbani from other places

Khairbani lies about 34 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Ekchari, about 20 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 Khairbani
Tehsil headquarters Boarijor 13 km
Nearest railway station Ekchari 20 km
Nearest town Colgong 22 km
District headquarters Godda 34 km

Villages closest to Khairbani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khairbani village had a population of 79. That makes it the 228th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 442 residents.

Khairbani village has 43 males and 36 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khairbani has about 837 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Khairbani is 814147. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khairbani covers 19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khairbani falls under Boarijor tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khairbani is Ekchari, about 20 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 km distance for Khairbani.

Khairbani is about 34 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khairbani is in Boarijor tehsil of Godda district. Boarijor is about 13 km away. Ekchari is about 20 km away. Colgong is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bara Khairbani (under 2 km), Chhota Khairbani (under 2 km) and Belthu (under 2 km).

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

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