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About Khiching Village

Khiching is a mid sized village in Raruan tehsil, in the district of Mayurbhanj, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 684, made up of 328 males and 356 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,085 females per 1000 males. The village covers 215 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 757039, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khiching Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khiching village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Mayurbhanj
Tehsil Raruan
Pincode 757039
Area (hectares) 215 hectares
Population 684
Male Population 328
Female Population 356
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,085
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khiching compares

By the 2011 count Khiching is the 20th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 707 residents. Its 215 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Khiching

Khiching is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khiching as Available within <5 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 Khiching from other places

Khiching lies about 92 km from Mayurbhanj, and the nearest railway station is Badampahar, about 33 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 Khiching
Tehsil headquarters Raruan 3.7 km
Nearest town Karanjiā 24 km
Nearest railway station Badampahar 33 km
District headquarters Mayurbhanj 92 km

Villages closest to Khiching

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khiching village had a population of 684. That makes it the 20th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 707 residents.

Khiching village has 328 males and 356 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khiching has about 1085 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Khiching is 757039. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khiching covers 215 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khiching falls under Raruan tehsil of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Khiching is Badampahar, about 33 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khiching.

Khiching is about 92 km from Mayurbhanj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khiching is in Raruan tehsil of Mayurbhanj district. Raruan is about 3.7 km away. Karanjiā is about 24 km away. Badampahar is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Baunsapur (under 2 km), Galusahi (2.2 km) and Mahuliasul (3.0 km).

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

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