About Khambhiya Village

Khambhiya is a mid sized village in Ghaghra tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,935, made up of 965 males and 970 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 763.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khambhiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khambhiya village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Ghaghra
Pincode	835208
Area (hectares)	763.24 hectares
Population	1,935
Male Population	965
Female Population	970
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,005
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 Khambhiya compares

By the 2011 count Khambhiya is the 9th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 889 residents. Its 763.24 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Khambhiya

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

Khambhiya lies about 18 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Lohardaga, about 30 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 Khambhiya
Tehsil headquarters	Ghaghra	9.5 km
District headquarters	Gumla	18 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	18 km
Nearest railway station	Lohardaga	30 km

Villages closest to Khambhiya

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 Khambhiya

As per the Census of India 2011, Khambhiya village had a population of 1,935. That makes it the 9th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 889 residents.

Khambhiya village has 965 males and 970 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khambhiya has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1002.

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

Khambhiya covers 763.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khambhiya falls under Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khambhiya is Lohardaga, about 30 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 Khambhiya.

Khambhiya is about 18 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khambhiya is in Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district. Ghaghra is about 9.5 km away. Gumla is about 18 km away. Gumlā is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.