About Bichna Village

Bichna is a mid sized village in Murhu tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,464, made up of 711 males and 753 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,059 females per 1000 males. The village covers 746 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bichna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bichna village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Murhu
Pincode	835210
Area (hectares)	746 hectares
Population	1,464
Male Population	711
Female Population	753
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,059
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bichna compares

By the 2011 count Bichna is the 10th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 608 residents. Its 746 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Bichna

Bichna is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bichna as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Bichna from other places

Bichna lies about 7.6 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Karra, about 12 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 Bichna
District headquarters	Khunti	7.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Murhu	10 km
Nearest railway station	Karra	12 km

Villages closest to Bichna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bichna village had a population of 1,464. That makes it the 10th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 608 residents.

Bichna village has 711 males and 753 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bichna has about 1059 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Bichna is 835210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bichna covers 746 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bichna falls under Murhu tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bichna is Karra, about 12 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Bichna.

Bichna is about 7.6 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bichna is in Murhu tehsil of Khunti district. Khunti is about 7.6 km away. Murhu is about 10 km away. Karra is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.