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About Khapia Village

Khapia is a mid sized village in Dadi tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,634, made up of 809 males and 825 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 743.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825326, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khapia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khapia village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Hazaribagh
Tehsil Dadi
Pincode 825326
Area (hectares) 743.35 hectares
Population 1,634
Male Population 809
Female Population 825
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,020
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 Khapia compares

By the 2011 count Khapia is the 16th largest of the 24 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,074 residents. Its 743.35 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Khapia

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

Khapia lies about 25 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Charhi, 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 Khapia
Nearest railway station Charhi 10 km
Nearest town Saunda 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Dadi 25 km
District headquarters Hazaribagh 25 km

Villages closest to Khapia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khapia village had a population of 1,634. That makes it the 16th largest of the 24 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,074 residents.

Khapia village has 809 males and 825 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khapia has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 946.

The pincode recorded for Khapia is 825326. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khapia covers 743.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khapia falls under Dadi tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khapia is Charhi, 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 Khapia.

Khapia is about 25 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khapia is in Dadi tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Charhi is about 10 km away. Saunda is about 13 km away. Dadi is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kura (2.1 km), Rikba (2.1 km) and Hanhemorha (3.3 km).

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

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