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About Khat Khura Village

Khat Khura is a small village in Basia tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 335, made up of 171 males and 164 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 959 females per 1000 males. The village covers 142.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khat Khura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khat Khura village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Gumla
Tehsil Basia
Pincode 835227
Area (hectares) 142.15 hectares
Population 335
Male Population 171
Female Population 164
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 959
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khat Khura compares

By the 2011 count Khat Khura is the 74th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 142.15 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Khat Khura

Khat Khura is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Khat Khura 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khat Khura from other places

Khat Khura lies about 43 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Kurkura, about 9.5 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 Khat Khura
Nearest railway station Kurkura 9.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Basia 12 km
Nearest town Simdega 38 km
District headquarters Gumla 43 km

Villages closest to Khat Khura

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Basia 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 Khat Khura

As per the Census of India 2011, Khat Khura village had a population of 335. That makes it the 74th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Khat Khura village has 171 males and 164 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khat Khura has about 959 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Khat Khura is 835227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khat Khura covers 142.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khat Khura falls under Basia tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khat Khura is Kurkura, about 9.5 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khat Khura.

Khat Khura is about 43 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khat Khura is in Basia tehsil of Gumla district. Kurkura is about 9.5 km away. Basia is about 12 km away. Simdega is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kurum (under 2 km), Itam (1.7 km) and Sasia (2.1 km).

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

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