About Kharwan Village

Kharwan is a mid sized village in Rafiganj tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,109, made up of 593 males and 516 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 385 hectares hectares.

Kharwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharwan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Aurangabad
Tehsil	Rafiganj
Area (hectares)	385 hectares
Population	1,109
Male Population	593
Female Population	516
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	870
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 Kharwan compares

By the 2011 count Kharwan is the 98th largest of the 204 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,326 residents. Its 385 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 Kharwan

Kharwan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kharwan 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 Kharwan from other places

Kharwan lies about 21 km from Aurangabad, and the nearest railway station is Dev Road Halt, about 4.8 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 Kharwan
Nearest railway station	Dev Road Halt	4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rafiganj	7.2 km
District headquarters	Aurangabad	21 km

Villages closest to Kharwan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharwan village had a population of 1,109. That makes it the 98th largest of the 204 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,326 residents.

Kharwan village has 593 males and 516 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharwan has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Kharwan covers 385 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kharwan falls under Rafiganj tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Kharwan is Dev Road Halt, about 4.8 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 Kharwan.

Kharwan is about 21 km from Aurangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharwan is in Rafiganj tehsil of Aurangabad district. Dev Road Halt is about 4.8 km away. Rafiganj is about 7.2 km away. Aurangabad is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.