About Alkhari Kalan Village

Alkhari Kalan is a mid sized village in Bishungarh tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 556, made up of 285 males and 271 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 951 females per 1000 males. The village covers 188.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alkhari Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alkhari Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Bishungarh
Pincode	825312
Area (hectares)	188.74 hectares
Population	556
Male Population	285
Female Population	271
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	951
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Alkhari Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Alkhari Kalan is the 60th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,669 residents. Its 188.74 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Alkhari Kalan

Alkhari Kalan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Alkhari Kalan as Available within 5 - 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 Alkhari Kalan from other places

Alkhari Kalan lies about 37 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Dumri Bihar, 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 Alkhari Kalan
Tehsil headquarters	Bishungarh	3.8 km
Nearest railway station	Dumri Bihar	21 km
Nearest town	Gumia	24 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	37 km

Villages closest to Alkhari Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bishungarh 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 Alkhari Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Alkhari Kalan village had a population of 556. That makes it the 60th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,669 residents.

Alkhari Kalan village has 285 males and 271 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alkhari Kalan has about 951 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Alkhari Kalan is 825312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alkhari Kalan covers 188.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Alkhari Kalan falls under Bishungarh tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Alkhari Kalan is Dumri Bihar, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Alkhari Kalan.

Alkhari Kalan is about 37 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alkhari Kalan is in Bishungarh tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Bishungarh is about 3.8 km away. Dumri Bihar is about 21 km away. Gumia is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.