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About Khadni Village

Khadni is a large village in Chandwara tehsil, in the district of Kodarma, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,134, made up of 1,560 males and 1,574 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 595 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825324, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khadni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khadni village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Kodarma
Tehsil Chandwara
Pincode 825324
Area (hectares) 595 hectares
Population 3,134
Male Population 1,560
Female Population 1,574
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,009
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 Khadni compares

By the 2011 count Khadni is the 7th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,132 residents. Its 595 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Khadni

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

Khadni lies about 13 km from Kodarma, and the nearest railway station is Urwan, about 4.5 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 Khadni
Nearest railway station Urwan 4.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Chandwara 6.1 km
District headquarters Kodarma 13 km
Nearest town Jhumri Telaiya 13 km

Villages closest to Khadni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khadni village had a population of 3,134. That makes it the 7th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,132 residents.

Khadni village has 1,560 males and 1,574 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khadni has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Khadni is 825324. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khadni covers 595 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khadni falls under Chandwara tehsil of Kodarma district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khadni is Urwan, about 4.5 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 Khadni.

Khadni is about 13 km from Kodarma in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khadni is in Chandwara tehsil of Kodarma district. Urwan is about 4.5 km away. Chandwara is about 6.1 km away. Kodarma is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Thambh (1.8 km), Kotwardih (2.6 km) and Purnatham (4.2 km).

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

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