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About Selahra Khurd Village

Selahra Khurd is a mid sized village in Chauparan tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,139, made up of 578 males and 561 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 971 females per 1000 males. The village covers 242 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825406, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Selahra Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Selahra Khurd village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Hazaribagh
Tehsil Chauparan
Pincode 825406
Area (hectares) 242 hectares
Population 1,139
Male Population 578
Female Population 561
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 971
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 Selahra Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Selahra Khurd is the 43rd largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 658 residents. Its 242 hectares work out to about 4.7 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 well below the tehsil average of 1035.

Getting to Selahra Khurd

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

Selahra Khurd lies about 44 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Urwan, about 10 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 Selahra Khurd
Nearest railway station Urwan 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Chauparan 12 km
Nearest town Jhumri Telaiya 17 km
District headquarters Hazaribagh 44 km

Villages closest to Selahra Khurd

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

Common questions about Selahra Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Selahra Khurd village had a population of 1,139. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 658 residents.

Selahra Khurd village has 578 males and 561 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Selahra Khurd has about 971 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1035.

The pincode recorded for Selahra Khurd is 825406. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Selahra Khurd covers 242 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Selahra Khurd falls under Chauparan tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Selahra Khurd is Urwan, about 10 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 Selahra Khurd.

Selahra Khurd is about 44 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Selahra Khurd is in Chauparan tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Urwan is about 10 km away. Chauparan is about 12 km away. Jhumri Telaiya is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Selahra Kalan (under 2 km), Nayakhap Sirma (1.6 km) and Toiya (1.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Selahra Khurd today is likely to be higher.

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