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About Khas Pukhuria Village

Khas Pukhuria is a mid sized village in Tantnagar tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,071, made up of 542 males and 529 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 359 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khas Pukhuria Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khas Pukhuria village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil Tantnagar
Pincode 833201
Area (hectares) 359 hectares
Population 1,071
Male Population 542
Female Population 529
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 976
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khas Pukhuria compares

By the 2011 count Khas Pukhuria is the 19th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 847 residents. Its 359 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1026.

Getting to Khas Pukhuria

Khas Pukhuria is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khas Pukhuria as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Khas Pukhuria from other places

Khas Pukhuria lies about 42 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Bahalda Road, about 21 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 Khas Pukhuria
Tehsil headquarters Tantnagar 9.7 km
Nearest railway station Bahalda Road 21 km
Nearest town Rairangpur 23 km
District headquarters Pashchimi Singhbhum 42 km

Villages closest to Khas Pukhuria

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tantnagar 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 Khas Pukhuria

As per the Census of India 2011, Khas Pukhuria village had a population of 1,071. That makes it the 19th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 847 residents.

Khas Pukhuria village has 542 males and 529 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khas Pukhuria has about 976 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 1026.

The pincode recorded for Khas Pukhuria is 833201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khas Pukhuria covers 359 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khas Pukhuria falls under Tantnagar tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khas Pukhuria is Bahalda Road, about 21 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khas Pukhuria.

Khas Pukhuria is about 42 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khas Pukhuria is in Tantnagar tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Tantnagar is about 9.7 km away. Bahalda Road is about 21 km away. Rairangpur is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Banahamtu (under 2 km), Chhota Pukhuria (under 2 km) and Majhi Parsi (1.8 km).

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

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