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About Kishunpur Village

Kishunpur is a small village in Jokihat tehsil, in the district of Araria, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 498, made up of 269 males and 229 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 851 females per 1000 males. The village covers 139 hectares hectares.

Kishunpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kishunpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Araria
Tehsil Jokihat
Area (hectares) 139 hectares
Population 498
Male Population 269
Female Population 229
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 851
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kishunpur compares

By the 2011 count Kishunpur is the 89th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,253 residents. Its 139 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Kishunpur

Kishunpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kishunpur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kishunpur from other places

Kishunpur lies about 11 km from Araria, and the nearest railway station is Kusiargaon, about 11 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 Kishunpur
Tehsil headquarters Jokihat 7.6 km
District headquarters Araria 11 km
Nearest town Arāria 11 km
Nearest railway station Kusiargaon 11 km

Villages closest to Kishunpur

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 Kishunpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Kishunpur village had a population of 498. That makes it the 89th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,253 residents.

Kishunpur village has 269 males and 229 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kishunpur has about 851 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Kishunpur covers 139 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kishunpur falls under Jokihat tehsil of Araria district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Kishunpur is Kusiargaon, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kishunpur.

Kishunpur is about 11 km from Araria in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kishunpur is in Jokihat tehsil of Araria district. Jokihat is about 7.6 km away. Araria is about 11 km away. Arāria is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Uda (under 2 km), Ukhwa (under 2 km) and Kursail (1.9 km).

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

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