About Khamkol Village

Khamkol is a mid sized village in Forbesganj tehsil, in the district of Araria, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,082, made up of 592 males and 490 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 828 females per 1000 males. The village covers 118 hectares hectares.

Khamkol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khamkol village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Araria
Tehsil	Forbesganj
Area (hectares)	118 hectares
Population	1,082
Male Population	592
Female Population	490
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	828
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khamkol compares

By the 2011 count Khamkol is the 77th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,626 residents. Its 118 hectares work out to about 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Khamkol

Khamkol is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Khamkol as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Khamkol from other places

Khamkol lies about 26 km from Araria, and the nearest railway station is Forbesganj Junction, about 6.4 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 Khamkol
Nearest town	Shahbazpur	3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Forbesganj	6.0 km
Nearest railway station	Forbesganj Junction	6.4 km
District headquarters	Araria	26 km

Villages closest to Khamkol

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 Khamkol

As per the Census of India 2011, Khamkol village had a population of 1,082. That makes it the 77th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,626 residents.

Khamkol village has 592 males and 490 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khamkol has about 828 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 921.

Khamkol covers 118 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khamkol falls under Forbesganj tehsil of Araria district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khamkol is Forbesganj Junction, about 6.4 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 10+ km distance for Khamkol.

Khamkol is about 26 km from Araria in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khamkol is in Forbesganj tehsil of Araria district. Shahbazpur is about 3.7 km away. Forbesganj is about 6.0 km away. Forbesganj Junction is about 6.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.