About Kherwa Village

Kherwa is a mid sized village in Mandro tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,378, made up of 678 males and 700 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,032 females per 1000 males. The village covers 283 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kherwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kherwa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Mandro
Pincode	816109
Area (hectares)	283 hectares
Population	1,378
Male Population	678
Female Population	700
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,032
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kherwa compares

By the 2011 count Kherwa is the 11th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 427 residents. Its 283 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Kherwa

Kherwa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kherwa as Available within 5 - 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 Kherwa from other places

Kherwa lies about 20 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Mirza Cheuki Railway Station, about 17 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 Kherwa
Tehsil headquarters	Mandro	3.8 km
Nearest railway station	Mirza Cheuki Railway Station	17 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	20 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	20 km

Villages closest to Kherwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kherwa village had a population of 1,378. That makes it the 11th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 427 residents.

Kherwa village has 678 males and 700 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kherwa has about 1032 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Kherwa is 816109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kherwa covers 283 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kherwa falls under Mandro tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kherwa is Mirza Cheuki Railway Station, about 17 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kherwa.

Kherwa is about 20 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kherwa is in Mandro tehsil of Sahibganj district. Mandro is about 3.8 km away. Mirza Cheuki Railway Station is about 17 km away. Sahibganj is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.