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About Khairatanr Village

Khairatanr is a small village in Herhanj tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 254, made up of 132 males and 122 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 924 females per 1000 males. The village covers 156.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khairatanr Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khairatanr village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Latehar
Tehsil Herhanj
Pincode 822126
Area (hectares) 156.31 hectares
Population 254
Male Population 132
Female Population 122
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 924
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khairatanr compares

By the 2011 count Khairatanr is the 41st largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 156.31 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Khairatanr

Khairatanr is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khairatanr as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Khairatanr from other places

Khairatanr lies about 30 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Balumath, about 20 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 Khairatanr
Tehsil headquarters Herhanj 5.1 km
Nearest railway station Balumath 20 km
District headquarters Latehar 30 km
Nearest town Lātehār 30 km

Villages closest to Khairatanr

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khairatanr village had a population of 254. That makes it the 41st largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Khairatanr village has 132 males and 122 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khairatanr has about 924 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Khairatanr is 822126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khairatanr covers 156.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khairatanr falls under Herhanj tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khairatanr is Balumath, about 20 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 5 - 10 km distance for Khairatanr.

Khairatanr is about 30 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khairatanr is in Herhanj tehsil of Latehar district. Herhanj is about 5.1 km away. Balumath is about 20 km away. Latehar is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kacha (under 2 km), Chain (2.2 km) and Mari (2.3 km).

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

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