About Khamhar Village

Khamhar is a small village in Kuru tehsil, in the district of Lohardaga, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 248, made up of 127 males and 121 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 953 females per 1000 males. The village covers 427 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khamhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khamhar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Lohardaga
Tehsil	Kuru
Pincode	835302
Area (hectares)	427 hectares
Population	248
Male Population	127
Female Population	121
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	953
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 Khamhar compares

By the 2011 count Khamhar is the 61st largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents. Its 427 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Khamhar

Khamhar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khamhar 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 Khamhar from other places

Khamhar lies about 18 km from Lohardaga, and the nearest railway station is Barkichampi, about 7.2 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 Khamhar
Nearest railway station	Barkichampi	7.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kuru	15 km
District headquarters	Lohardaga	18 km
Nearest town	Lohārdagā	18 km

Villages closest to Khamhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khamhar village had a population of 248. That makes it the 61st largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents.

Khamhar village has 127 males and 121 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khamhar has about 953 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1004.

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

Khamhar covers 427 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khamhar falls under Kuru tehsil of Lohardaga district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khamhar is Barkichampi, about 7.2 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 Khamhar.

Khamhar is about 18 km from Lohardaga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khamhar is in Kuru tehsil of Lohardaga district. Barkichampi is about 7.2 km away. Kuru is about 15 km away. Lohardaga is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.