About Kharaun Village

Kharaun is a mid sized village in Barhi tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,423, made up of 768 males and 655 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 853 females per 1000 males. The village covers 274.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825405, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kharaun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharaun village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Barhi
Pincode	825405
Area (hectares)	274.48 hectares
Population	1,423
Male Population	768
Female Population	655
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	853
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 Kharaun compares

By the 2011 count Kharaun is the 24th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents. Its 274.48 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Kharaun

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

Kharaun lies about 33 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Barhi, about 4.9 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 Kharaun
Nearest railway station	Barhi	4.9 km
Nearest town	Jhumri Telaiya	23 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	33 km

Villages closest to Kharaun

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharaun village had a population of 1,423. That makes it the 24th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents.

Kharaun village has 768 males and 655 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharaun has about 853 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Kharaun is 825405. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kharaun covers 274.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kharaun falls under Barhi tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kharaun is Barhi, about 4.9 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 Kharaun.

Kharaun is about 33 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharaun is in Barhi tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Barhi is about 4.9 km away. Jhumri Telaiya is about 23 km away. Hazaribagh is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.