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About Kharki Village

Kharki is a mid sized village in Kisko tehsil, in the district of Lohardaga, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,014, made up of 530 males and 484 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 913 females per 1000 males. The village covers 223.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kharki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharki village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Lohardaga
Tehsil Kisko
Pincode 835302
Area (hectares) 223.5 hectares
Population 1,014
Male Population 530
Female Population 484
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 913
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 Kharki compares

By the 2011 count Kharki is the 18th largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 223.5 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Kharki

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

Kharki lies about 11 km from Lohardaga, and the nearest railway station is Hendlaso Bhokta Bagicha, about 7.6 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 Kharki
Tehsil headquarters Kisko 2.4 km
Nearest railway station Hendlaso Bhokta Bagicha 7.6 km
District headquarters Lohardaga 11 km
Nearest town Lohārdagā 11 km

Villages closest to Kharki

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharki village had a population of 1,014. That makes it the 18th largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Kharki village has 530 males and 484 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharki has about 913 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Kharki is 835302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kharki covers 223.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kharki falls under Kisko tehsil of Lohardaga district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kharki is Hendlaso Bhokta Bagicha, about 7.6 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 Kharki.

Kharki is about 11 km from Lohardaga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharki is in Kisko tehsil of Lohardaga district. Kisko is about 2.4 km away. Hendlaso Bhokta Bagicha is about 7.6 km away. Lohardaga is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barnag (under 2 km), Bitlaung (under 2 km) and Semardih (under 2 km).

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

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