About Khapiya Village

Khapiya is a mid sized village in Ghaghra tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,016, made up of 525 males and 491 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 356 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khapiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khapiya village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Ghaghra
Pincode	835208
Area (hectares)	356 hectares
Population	1,016
Male Population	525
Female Population	491
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	935
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 Khapiya compares

By the 2011 count Khapiya is the 32nd largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 889 residents. Its 356 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Khapiya

Khapiya is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Khapiya 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 Khapiya from other places

Khapiya lies about 23 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Lohardaga, about 25 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 Khapiya
Tehsil headquarters	Ghaghra	9.7 km
Nearest town	Lohārdagā	23 km
District headquarters	Gumla	23 km
Nearest railway station	Lohardaga	25 km

Villages closest to Khapiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khapiya village had a population of 1,016. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 889 residents.

Khapiya village has 525 males and 491 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khapiya has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Khapiya is 835208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khapiya covers 356 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khapiya falls under Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khapiya is Lohardaga, about 25 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 Khapiya.

Khapiya is about 23 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khapiya is in Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district. Ghaghra is about 9.7 km away. Lohārdagā is about 23 km away. Gumla is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.