About Khanda Village

Khanda is a small village in Bandgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 374, made up of 186 males and 188 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 428 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanda village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Bandgaon
Pincode	835216
Area (hectares)	428 hectares
Population	374
Male Population	186
Female Population	188
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,011
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 Khanda compares

By the 2011 count Khanda is the 72nd largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 428 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Khanda

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

Khanda lies about 45 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Sonua, about 31 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 Khanda
Tehsil headquarters	Bandgaon	10 km
Nearest railway station	Sonua	31 km
Nearest town	Khunti	32 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	45 km

Villages closest to Khanda

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Khanda

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanda village had a population of 374. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Khanda village has 186 males and 188 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanda has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Khanda is 835216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanda covers 428 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khanda falls under Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khanda is Sonua, about 31 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 Khanda.

Khanda is about 45 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanda is in Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Bandgaon is about 10 km away. Sonua is about 31 km away. Khunti is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.