About Khandhar Village

Khandhar is a mid sized village in Thakurgangti tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 953, made up of 498 males and 455 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 98.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 813208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khandhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khandhar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Tehsil	Thakurgangti
Pincode	813208
Area (hectares)	98.28 hectares
Population	953
Male Population	498
Female Population	455
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	914
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khandhar compares

By the 2011 count Khandhar is the 29th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 98.28 hectares work out to about 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Khandhar

Khandhar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khandhar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Khandhar from other places

Khandhar lies about 48 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Mirza Cheuki Railway Station, about 7.7 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 Khandhar
Nearest railway station	Mirza Cheuki Railway Station	7.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thakurgangti	9.2 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	18 km
District headquarters	Godda	48 km

Villages closest to Khandhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khandhar village had a population of 953. That makes it the 29th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Khandhar village has 498 males and 455 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khandhar has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Khandhar is 813208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khandhar covers 98.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khandhar falls under Thakurgangti tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khandhar is Mirza Cheuki Railway Station, about 7.7 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Khandhar.

Khandhar is about 48 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khandhar is in Thakurgangti tehsil of Godda district. Mirza Cheuki Railway Station is about 7.7 km away. Thakurgangti is about 9.2 km away. Sāhibganj is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.