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About Khepadih Village

Khepadih is a small village in Sundarpahari tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 174, made up of 94 males and 80 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 851 females per 1000 males. The village covers 99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814133, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khepadih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khepadih village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Sundarpahari
Pincode 814133
Area (hectares) 99 hectares
Population 174
Male Population 94
Female Population 80
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 851
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khepadih compares

By the 2011 count Khepadih is the 98th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 300 residents. Its 99 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Khepadih

Khepadih is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khepadih as Available within 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khepadih from other places

Khepadih lies about 28 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Poreyahat, about 23 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 Khepadih
Nearest railway station Poreyahat 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Sundarpahari 24 km
District headquarters Godda 28 km

Villages closest to Khepadih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khepadih village had a population of 174. That makes it the 98th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 300 residents.

Khepadih village has 94 males and 80 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khepadih has about 851 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Khepadih is 814133. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khepadih covers 99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khepadih falls under Sundarpahari tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khepadih is Poreyahat, about 23 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khepadih.

Khepadih is about 28 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khepadih is in Sundarpahari tehsil of Godda district. Poreyahat is about 23 km away. Sundarpahari is about 24 km away. Godda is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dumki (under 2 km), Bariyarpur (under 2 km) and Gardi (under 2 km).

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

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