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About Khair Kocha Village

Khair Kocha is a small village in Gobindpur tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 91, made up of 49 males and 42 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khair Kocha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khair Kocha village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil Gobindpur
Pincode 832107
Area (hectares) 48 hectares
Population 91
Male Population 49
Female Population 42
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 857
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 Khair Kocha compares

By the 2011 count Khair Kocha is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 563 residents. Its 48 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 1020.

Getting to Khair Kocha

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

Khair Kocha lies about 20 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Rajkharsawan Junction, about 2.8 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 Khair Kocha
Nearest railway station Rajkharsawan Junction 2.8 km
Nearest town Chakradharpur 17 km
District headquarters Saraikela Kharsawan 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Gobindpur 31 km

Villages closest to Khair Kocha

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gobindpur 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 Khair Kocha

As per the Census of India 2011, Khair Kocha village had a population of 91. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 563 residents.

Khair Kocha village has 49 males and 42 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khair Kocha has about 857 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Khair Kocha is 832107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khair Kocha covers 48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khair Kocha falls under Gobindpur tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khair Kocha is Rajkharsawan Junction, about 2.8 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 Khair Kocha.

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

Khair Kocha is in Gobindpur tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Rajkharsawan Junction is about 2.8 km away. Chakradharpur is about 17 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nakrakocha (under 2 km), Rabankocha (under 2 km) and Chhota Kadal (2.8 km).

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

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