About Tankodih Village

Tankodih is a small village in Kharsawan tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 495, made up of 255 males and 240 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 341 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 837530, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tankodih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tankodih village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil	Kharsawan
Pincode	837530
Area (hectares)	341 hectares
Population	495
Male Population	255
Female Population	240
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	941
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 Tankodih compares

By the 2011 count Tankodih is the 72nd largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 341 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 977.

Getting to Tankodih

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

Tankodih lies about 8.4 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Mahali Marup, about 8.4 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 Tankodih
Tehsil headquarters	Kharsawan	4.9 km
District headquarters	Saraikela Kharsawan	8.4 km
Nearest railway station	Mahali Marup	8.4 km
Nearest town	Chakradharpur	29 km

Villages closest to Tankodih

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.

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Common questions about Tankodih

As per the Census of India 2011, Tankodih village had a population of 495. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Tankodih village has 255 males and 240 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tankodih has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Tankodih is 837530. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tankodih covers 341 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Tankodih is Mahali Marup, about 8.4 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 Tankodih.

Tankodih is about 8.4 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tankodih is in Kharsawan tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Kharsawan is about 4.9 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 8.4 km away. Mahali Marup is about 8.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.