About Kharwadih Village

Kharwadih is a small village in Palkot tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 318, made up of 155 males and 163 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,052 females per 1000 males. The village covers 179 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835232, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kharwadih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharwadih village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Palkot
Pincode	835232
Area (hectares)	179 hectares
Population	318
Male Population	155
Female Population	163
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,052
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 Kharwadih compares

By the 2011 count Kharwadih is the 62nd largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,116 residents. Its 179 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Kharwadih

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

Kharwadih lies about 9.7 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Bakaspur, about 38 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 Kharwadih
District headquarters	Gumla	9.7 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	9.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Palkot	12 km
Nearest railway station	Bakaspur	38 km

Villages closest to Kharwadih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharwadih village had a population of 318. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,116 residents.

Kharwadih village has 155 males and 163 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharwadih has about 1052 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Kharwadih is 835232. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kharwadih covers 179 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.

Kharwadih falls under Palkot tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kharwadih is Bakaspur, about 38 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 Kharwadih.

Kharwadih is about 9.7 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharwadih is in Palkot tehsil of Gumla district. Gumla is about 9.7 km away. Gumlā is about 9.7 km away. Palkot is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.