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About Lakhandih Village

Lakhandih is a small village in Kharsawan tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 185, made up of 106 males and 79 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 745 females per 1000 males. The village covers 552 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lakhandih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lakhandih village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil Kharsawan
Pincode 833220
Area (hectares) 552 hectares
Population 185
Male Population 106
Female Population 79
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 745
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 Lakhandih compares

By the 2011 count Lakhandih is the 107th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 552 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 Lakhandih

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

Lakhandih lies about 14 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Rajkharsawan Junction, about 12 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 Lakhandih
Tehsil headquarters Kharsawan 6.4 km
Nearest railway station Rajkharsawan Junction 12 km
District headquarters Saraikela Kharsawan 14 km
Nearest town Chakradharpur 26 km

Villages closest to Lakhandih

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 Lakhandih

As per the Census of India 2011, Lakhandih village had a population of 185. That makes it the 107th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Lakhandih village has 106 males and 79 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lakhandih has about 745 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 Lakhandih is 833220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lakhandih covers 552 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Lakhandih is Rajkharsawan Junction, about 12 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 Lakhandih.

Lakhandih is about 14 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lakhandih is in Kharsawan tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Kharsawan is about 6.4 km away. Rajkharsawan Junction is about 12 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pat Pat (under 2 km), Riring (2.3 km) and Khejurda (3.7 km).

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

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