About Khankhar Village

Khankhar is a small village in Panki tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 49, made up of 27 males and 22 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 815 females per 1000 males. The village covers 15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khankhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khankhar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Panki
Pincode	822122
Area (hectares)	15 hectares
Population	49
Male Population	27
Female Population	22
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	815
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 Khankhar compares

By the 2011 count Khankhar is the 168th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 857 residents. Its 15 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Khankhar

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

Khankhar lies about 24 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Chaudhribandh, about 8.1 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 Khankhar
Nearest railway station	Chaudhribandh	8.1 km
Nearest town	Barki Saria	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Panki	24 km
District headquarters	Palamu	24 km

Villages closest to Khankhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khankhar village had a population of 49. That makes it the 168th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 857 residents.

Khankhar village has 27 males and 22 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khankhar has about 815 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Khankhar is 822122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khankhar covers 15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khankhar falls under Panki tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khankhar is Chaudhribandh, about 8.1 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 Khankhar.

Khankhar is about 24 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khankhar is in Panki tehsil of Palamu district. Chaudhribandh is about 8.1 km away. Barki Saria is about 15 km away. Panki is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.