About Khatkhura Village

Khatkhura is a mid sized village in Rania tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,558, made up of 798 males and 760 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 952 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1288 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khatkhura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khatkhura village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Rania
Pincode	835227
Area (hectares)	1288 hectares
Population	1,558
Male Population	798
Female Population	760
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	952
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khatkhura compares

By the 2011 count Khatkhura is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 601 residents. Its 1288 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Khatkhura

Khatkhura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khatkhura as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Khatkhura from other places

Khatkhura lies about 54 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Mahabuang, about 14 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 Khatkhura
Nearest railway station	Mahabuang	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rania	16 km
Nearest town	Birmitrapur	40 km
District headquarters	Khunti	54 km

Villages closest to Khatkhura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khatkhura village had a population of 1,558. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 601 residents.

Khatkhura village has 798 males and 760 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khatkhura has about 952 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 1010.

The pincode recorded for Khatkhura is 835227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khatkhura covers 1288 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khatkhura falls under Rania tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khatkhura is Mahabuang, about 14 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 village for Khatkhura.

Khatkhura is about 54 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khatkhura is in Rania tehsil of Khunti district. Mahabuang is about 14 km away. Rania is about 16 km away. Birmitrapur is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.