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Jharkhand Minister inaugurates cafe, dedicating it to "symbol of hard work, skills, self-reliance of rural women"
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Khijri is a village in Kamdara mandal, Gumla district, Jharkhand, with a population of 1,109 spread across 198 households and a literacy rate of 46.6%. The village has basic amenities including three restaurants, a fast food outlet, fuel station, hospital, and pharmacy. It is located at 23.323°N, 85.365°E under PIN 835325.
SS
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUNILA SURIN
Contact: 99****3925
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- LGD code
- 375795
- Pincode
- 835325
- Post office
- Nagjua
- Population
- 1,109
- Households
- 198
- Literacy rate
- 46.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1031 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 485
- Distance to district centre
- 55 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 46 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 6 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 318 km
- Nearest railway station
- Namkon · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Max Orthopaedic Hospital · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Khijri compares
By population, Khijri ranks #19 of 73 villages in Kamdara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
46.6%
−10.9% vs mandal average
- Khijri
- 46.6%
- Kamdara mandal
- 57.5%
- Gumla district
- 54.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,031
+18 vs mandal average
- Khijri
- 1,031
- Kamdara mandal
- 1,013
Household size
people per home
5.6
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Khijri
- 5.6
- Kamdara mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khijri at a glance
Khijri is a village of 1,109 people in 198 households (Census 2011) in Kamdara block, Gumla district, Jharkhand, the 19th-largest of 73 villages in Kamdara block. Literacy is 47%, 11 points below the block average of 58% and the sex ratio is 1,031 women per 1,000 men. It lies 55 km from the Gumla district centre, 42 km from Tamar, the nearest town, 3 km from Namkon railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 835325, served by Nagjua post office; the LGD village code is 375795. Mapped within or next to the village: bank. The sarpanch is SUNILA SURIN, and the village votes in Silli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Amit Kumar. The population is estimated at 1,308 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Khijri
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GUMLA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 96
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 96
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KULBURU
- Total area (ha)
- 681
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 5.13
- Forest area (ha)
- 58.81
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Khijri
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Khijri
- LGD code
- 375795
- Pincode
- 835325
- Post office
- Nagjua
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,109
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,308
- Households
- 198
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1031
- Literacy rate
- 46.6%
- Coordinates
- 23.32340°N, 85.36494°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ranchi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Silli
- Member of Parliament
- Sanjay Seth
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Amit Kumar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SUNILA SURIN
- Block / Mandal
- Kamdara
- Nearest bank
- SBI Bank (1.4 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Namkon (3.3 km)
Getting there
How to reach Khijri
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi6 kmcapital
- Kolkata318 km
- Hyderabad974 km
- Delhi1005 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationNamkon3 km
- Bus stopITI Bus Stand10 km
- Hospital / PHCMax Orthopaedic Hospital<1 km
- ATM / bankSBI Bank1 km
- Petrol pumpHindustan Petroleum4 km
- CollegeKIM ground5 km
- Police stationAirport Police Station3 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Namkon3.3 km
- Health centre
- Seva Nelaya Hospital4.6 km
- Bank / ATM
- SBI Bank1.4 km
- Petrol pump
- Hindustan Petroleum4.4 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Bank
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Khijri
7 Temples, 1 Gurudwara mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Khijri
5 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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