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About Khirdaha Village

Khirdaha is a large village in Jokihat tehsil, in the district of Araria, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,799, made up of 1,957 males and 1,842 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 216 hectares hectares.

Khirdaha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khirdaha village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Araria
Tehsil Jokihat
Area (hectares) 216 hectares
Population 3,799
Male Population 1,957
Female Population 1,842
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 941
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khirdaha compares

By the 2011 count Khirdaha is the 27th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,253 residents. Its 216 hectares work out to about 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Khirdaha

Khirdaha is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Khirdaha 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khirdaha from other places

Khirdaha lies about 7.7 km from Araria, and the nearest railway station is Kusiargaon, about 14 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 Khirdaha
Tehsil headquarters Jokihat 3.0 km
District headquarters Araria 7.7 km
Nearest town Arāria 7.7 km
Nearest railway station Kusiargaon 14 km

Villages closest to Khirdaha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khirdaha village had a population of 3,799. That makes it the 27th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,253 residents.

Khirdaha village has 1,957 males and 1,842 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khirdaha has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 925.

Khirdaha covers 216 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Khirdaha falls under Jokihat tehsil of Araria district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khirdaha is Kusiargaon, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khirdaha.

Khirdaha is about 7.7 km from Araria in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khirdaha is in Jokihat tehsil of Araria district. Jokihat is about 3.0 km away. Araria is about 7.7 km away. Arāria is about 7.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhobinia (1.5 km), Bagdahara (1.9 km) and Singar Mohani (2.4 km).

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

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