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About Khardidih Village

Khardidih is a mid sized village in Jainagar tehsil, in the district of Kodarma, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,788, made up of 949 males and 839 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825324, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khardidih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khardidih village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Kodarma
Tehsil Jainagar
Pincode 825324
Area (hectares) 58 hectares
Population 1,788
Male Population 949
Female Population 839
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 884
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khardidih compares

By the 2011 count Khardidih is the 16th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,175 residents. Its 58 hectares work out to about 31 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 940.

Getting to Khardidih

Khardidih is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Khardidih 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khardidih from other places

Khardidih lies about 106 km from Kodarma, and the nearest railway station is Mael, about 11 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 Khardidih
Nearest railway station Mael 11 km
Nearest town Chitarpur 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Jainagar 33 km
District headquarters Kodarma 106 km

Villages closest to Khardidih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khardidih village had a population of 1,788. That makes it the 16th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,175 residents.

Khardidih village has 949 males and 839 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khardidih has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 940.

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

Khardidih covers 58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 31 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Khardidih falls under Jainagar tehsil of Kodarma district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khardidih is Mael, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khardidih.

Khardidih is about 106 km from Kodarma in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khardidih is in Jainagar tehsil of Kodarma district. Mael is about 11 km away. Chitarpur is about 12 km away. Jainagar is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Banjhidih (under 2 km), Rajaidih (under 2 km) and Rupaidih (under 2 km).

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

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