About Khatgaon Village

Khatgaon is a mid sized village in Palkot tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 512, made up of 254 males and 258 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 277 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khatgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khatgaon village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Palkot
Pincode	835220
Area (hectares)	277 hectares
Population	512
Male Population	254
Female Population	258
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,016
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 Khatgaon compares

By the 2011 count Khatgaon is the 48th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,116 residents. Its 277 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Khatgaon

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

Khatgaon lies about 35 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Kurkura, about 21 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 Khatgaon
Tehsil headquarters	Palkot	14 km
Nearest railway station	Kurkura	21 km
Nearest town	Simdega	29 km
District headquarters	Gumla	35 km

Villages closest to Khatgaon

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 Khatgaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Khatgaon village had a population of 512. That makes it the 48th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,116 residents.

Khatgaon village has 254 males and 258 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khatgaon has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Khatgaon is 835220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khatgaon covers 277 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.

Khatgaon falls under Palkot tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khatgaon is Kurkura, about 21 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 Khatgaon.

Khatgaon is about 35 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khatgaon is in Palkot tehsil of Gumla district. Palkot is about 14 km away. Kurkura is about 21 km away. Simdega is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.