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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Khalkhu is a village in Sirdala mandal, Nawada district, Bihar, with a population of 709 in 127 households and literacy rate of 36%. The village has railway access and is located at 24.700°N, 85.400°E, postal code 805114.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Dharmendra kumar
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- LGD code
- 258275
- Pincode
- 805114
- Population
- 709
- Households
- 127
- Literacy rate
- 36%
- Sex ratio
- 891 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 340
- Distance to district centre
- 119 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 118 km
- Distance to Patna
- 103 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 384 km
- Nearest railway station
- Laundh · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Rajauli · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Khalkhu compares
By population, Khalkhu ranks #69 of 87 villages in Sirdala mandal.
Literacy rate
%
36.0%
−12.8% vs mandal average
- Khalkhu
- 36.0%
- Sirdala mandal
- 48.8%
- Nawada district
- 49.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
891
−58 vs mandal average
- Khalkhu
- 891
- Sirdala mandal
- 949
Household size
people per home
5.6
−1.4 vs mandal average
- Khalkhu
- 5.6
- Sirdala mandal
- 7.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khalkhu at a glance
Khalkhu is a village of 709 people in 127 households (Census 2011) in Sirdala block, Nawada district, Bihar, the 69th-largest of 87 villages in Sirdala block. Literacy is 36%, 13 points below the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 891 women per 1,000 men. It lies 119 km from the Nawada district centre, 9 km from Narhat, the nearest town, 3 km from Laundh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 805114; the LGD village code is 258275. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Rajauli, 11 km away. The sarpanch is Dharmendra kumar , and the village votes in Sahebpur Kamal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sattanand Sambuddha Alias Lalan Jee. The population is estimated at 836 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Khalkhu
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 5
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- 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
- HISUA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 34
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 17
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 5.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Khalkhu
- LGD code
- 258275
- Pincode
- 805114
- Population (Census 2011)
- 709
- Population (projected 2026)
- 836
- Households
- 127
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 891
- Literacy rate
- 36.0%
- Coordinates
- 24.70000°N, 85.40000°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Begusarai
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sahebpur Kamal
- Member of Parliament
- Giriraj Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sattanand Sambuddha Alias Lalan Jee
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Dharmendra kumar
- Block / Mandal
- Sirdala
- Nearest railway station
- Laundh (2.6 km)
Getting there
How to reach Khalkhu
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna103 kmcapital
- Kolkata384 km
- Delhi923 km
- Hyderabad1084 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationLaundh3 km
- Bus stopBus to Gaya15 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Rajauli11 km
- ATM / bankSBI40 km
- Petrol pumpHP32 km
- CollegeAjatshatru Residence35 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Laundh2.6 km
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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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)