About Khair Khan Village

Khair Khan is one of the larger villages in Forbesganj tehsil, in the district of Araria, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 9,868, made up of 5,176 males and 4,692 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 906 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1479.1 hectares hectares.

Khair Khan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khair Khan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Araria
Tehsil	Forbesganj
Area (hectares)	1479.1 hectares
Population	9,868
Male Population	5,176
Female Population	4,692
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	906
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khair Khan compares

By the 2011 count Khair Khan is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 3,626 residents. Its 1479.1 hectares work out to about 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Khair Khan

Khair Khan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khair Khan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khair Khan from other places

Khair Khan lies about 25 km from Araria, and the nearest railway station is Gogipothia Halt, about 4.9 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 Khair Khan
Nearest town	Shahbazpur	3.9 km
Nearest railway station	Gogipothia Halt	4.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Forbesganj	5.0 km
District headquarters	Araria	25 km

Villages closest to Khair Khan

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

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Common questions about Khair Khan

As per the Census of India 2011, Khair Khan village had a population of 9,868. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,626 residents.

Khair Khan village has 5,176 males and 4,692 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khair Khan has about 906 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 921.

Khair Khan covers 1479.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khair Khan falls under Forbesganj tehsil of Araria district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khair Khan is Gogipothia Halt, about 4.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khair Khan.

Khair Khan is about 25 km from Araria in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khair Khan is in Forbesganj tehsil of Araria district. Shahbazpur is about 3.9 km away. Gogipothia Halt is about 4.9 km away. Forbesganj is about 5.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.