About Khurd Village

Khurd is a mid sized village in Mahagama tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,621, made up of 826 males and 795 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 962 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814154, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khurd village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Tehsil	Mahagama
Pincode	814154
Area (hectares)	106.03 hectares
Population	1,621
Male Population	826
Female Population	795
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	962
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Khurd is the 31st largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 788 residents. Its 106.03 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Khurd

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

Khurd lies about 25 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 Khurd
Tehsil headquarters	Mahagama	5.7 km
Nearest railway station	Ekchari	20 km
Nearest town	Colgong	24 km
District headquarters	Godda	25 km

Villages closest to Khurd

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khurd village had a population of 1,621. That makes it the 31st largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 788 residents.

Khurd village has 826 males and 795 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khurd has about 962 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 952.

The pincode recorded for Khurd is 814154. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khurd covers 106.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Khurd falls under Mahagama tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khurd 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 10+ km distance for Khurd.

Khurd is about 25 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khurd is in Mahagama tehsil of Godda district. Mahagama is about 5.7 km away. Ekchari is about 20 km away. Colgong is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.