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About Khinda Village

Khinda is a large village in Kurdeg tehsil, in the district of Simdega, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,000, made up of 1,958 males and 2,042 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2832.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835212, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khinda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khinda village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Simdega
Tehsil Kurdeg
Pincode 835212
Area (hectares) 2832.36 hectares
Population 4,000
Male Population 1,958
Female Population 2,042
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,043
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khinda compares

By the 2011 count Khinda is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,919 residents. Its 2832.36 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, a little above the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Khinda

Khinda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khinda 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 Khinda from other places

Khinda lies about 37 km from Simdega, and the nearest railway station is Garposh, about 59 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 Khinda
Tehsil headquarters Kurdeg 3.2 km
Nearest town Jashpur Nagar 33 km
District headquarters Simdega 37 km
Nearest railway station Garposh 59 km

Villages closest to Khinda

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 Khinda

As per the Census of India 2011, Khinda village had a population of 4,000. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,919 residents.

Khinda village has 1,958 males and 2,042 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khinda has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Khinda is 835212. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khinda covers 2832.36 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.

Khinda falls under Kurdeg tehsil of Simdega district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khinda is Garposh, about 59 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 Khinda.

Khinda is about 37 km from Simdega in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khinda is in Kurdeg tehsil of Simdega district. Kurdeg is about 3.2 km away. Jashpur Nagar is about 33 km away. Simdega is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chhotkibiura (2.2 km), Jhirkamunda (2.6 km) and Jhunka Chhapar (2.8 km).

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

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