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About Khijurbahar Village

Khijurbahar is a small village in Bano tehsil, in the district of Simdega, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 237, made up of 117 males and 120 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 173 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khijurbahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khijurbahar village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Simdega
Tehsil Bano
Pincode 835201
Area (hectares) 173 hectares
Population 237
Male Population 117
Female Population 120
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,026
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khijurbahar compares

By the 2011 count Khijurbahar is the 86th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 865 residents. Its 173 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Khijurbahar

Khijurbahar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khijurbahar 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khijurbahar from other places

Khijurbahar lies about 50 km from Simdega, and the nearest railway station is Parbatonia, about 2.9 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 Khijurbahar
Nearest railway station Parbatonia 2.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Bano 18 km
Nearest town Birmitrapur 24 km
District headquarters Simdega 50 km

Villages closest to Khijurbahar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khijurbahar village had a population of 237. That makes it the 86th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 865 residents.

Khijurbahar village has 117 males and 120 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khijurbahar has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1015.

The pincode recorded for Khijurbahar is 835201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khijurbahar covers 173 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khijurbahar falls under Bano tehsil of Simdega district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khijurbahar is Parbatonia, about 2.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Khijurbahar.

Khijurbahar is about 50 km from Simdega in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khijurbahar is in Bano tehsil of Simdega district. Parbatonia is about 2.9 km away. Bano is about 18 km away. Birmitrapur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chandsay (2.5 km), Kanta (3.1 km) and Gerda (3.3 km).

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

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