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About Khairbani Village

Khairbani is a mid sized village in Pathargama tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 779, made up of 375 males and 404 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,077 females per 1000 males. The village covers 164 hectares hectares.

Khairbani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khairbani village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Pathargama
Area (hectares) 164 hectares
Population 779
Male Population 375
Female Population 404
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,077
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khairbani compares

By the 2011 count Khairbani is the 58th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 805 residents. Its 164 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Khairbani

Khairbani is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khairbani as Available. 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 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 Pathargama 20 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 Pathargama 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 779. That makes it the 58th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 805 residents.

Khairbani village has 375 males and 404 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khairbani has about 1077 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

Khairbani covers 164 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khairbani falls under Pathargama 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 and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 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 Pathargama tehsil of Godda district. Pathargama is about 20 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 Lilatari (under 2 km), Kamla Chak (2.1 km) and Ambabathan (2.8 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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