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About Kashidih Village

Kashidih is a small village in Kharsawan tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 284, made up of 161 males and 123 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 764 females per 1000 males. The village covers 307 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kashidih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kashidih village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil Kharsawan
Pincode 833220
Area (hectares) 307 hectares
Population 284
Male Population 161
Female Population 123
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 764
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 Kashidih compares

By the 2011 count Kashidih is the 95th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 307 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Kashidih

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

Kashidih lies about 1.8 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Sini Junction, about 7.1 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 Kashidih
District headquarters Saraikela Kharsawan 1.8 km
Nearest railway station Sini Junction 7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Kharsawan 11 km
Nearest town Bhetia 23 km

Villages closest to Kashidih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kashidih village had a population of 284. That makes it the 95th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Kashidih village has 161 males and 123 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kashidih has about 764 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Kashidih is 833220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kashidih covers 307 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.

Kashidih falls under Kharsawan tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kashidih is Sini Junction, about 7.1 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 Kashidih.

Kashidih is about 1.8 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kashidih is in Kharsawan tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 1.8 km away. Sini Junction is about 7.1 km away. Kharsawan is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nowabera (2.2 km), Silpingda (2.7 km) and Jhunjki (3.5 km).

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

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