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About Khakhra Village

Khakhra is a mid sized village in Gola tehsil, in the district of Ramgarh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,432, made up of 744 males and 688 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 897.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 829110, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khakhra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khakhra village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Ramgarh
Tehsil Gola
Pincode 829110
Area (hectares) 897.23 hectares
Population 1,432
Male Population 744
Female Population 688
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 925
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khakhra compares

By the 2011 count Khakhra is the 40th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,650 residents. Its 897.23 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Khakhra

The census records public bus service for Khakhra as Available within <5 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khakhra from other places

Khakhra lies about 31 km from Ramgarh, and the nearest railway station is Harubera, about 9.2 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 Khakhra
Nearest railway station Harubera 9.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Gola 11 km
Nearest town Chitarpur 17 km
District headquarters Ramgarh 31 km

Villages closest to Khakhra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khakhra village had a population of 1,432. That makes it the 40th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,650 residents.

Khakhra village has 744 males and 688 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khakhra has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Khakhra is 829110. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khakhra covers 897.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khakhra falls under Gola tehsil of Ramgarh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khakhra is Harubera, about 9.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khakhra.

Khakhra is about 31 km from Ramgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khakhra is in Gola tehsil of Ramgarh district. Harubera is about 9.2 km away. Gola is about 11 km away. Chitarpur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chopadaru (2.3 km), Dundigachhi (2.5 km) and Chakarbali (3.2 km).

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

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