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About Khalijor Village

Khalijor is a mid sized village in Kurdeg tehsil, in the district of Simdega, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,599, made up of 822 males and 777 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 507.43 hectares hectares.

Khalijor Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khalijor village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Simdega
Tehsil Kurdeg
Area (hectares) 507.43 hectares
Population 1,599
Male Population 822
Female Population 777
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 945
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khalijor compares

By the 2011 count Khalijor is the 12th largest of the 25 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,919 residents. Its 507.43 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Khalijor

Khalijor is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khalijor as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Khalijor from other places

Khalijor lies about 40 km from Simdega, and the nearest railway station is Garposh, about 55 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 Khalijor
Tehsil headquarters Kurdeg 2.6 km
Nearest town Jashpur Nagar 38 km
District headquarters Simdega 40 km
Nearest railway station Garposh 55 km

Villages closest to Khalijor

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khalijor village had a population of 1,599. That makes it the 12th largest of the 25 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,919 residents.

Khalijor village has 822 males and 777 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khalijor has about 945 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

Khalijor covers 507.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khalijor falls under Kurdeg tehsil of Simdega district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khalijor is Garposh, about 55 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 village for Khalijor.

Khalijor is about 40 km from Simdega in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khalijor is in Kurdeg tehsil of Simdega district. Kurdeg is about 2.6 km away. Jashpur Nagar is about 38 km away. Simdega is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sarabmunda (2.2 km), Kurdeg (2.6 km) and Labdera (3.0 km).

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

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