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About Kharihara Village

Kharihara is a large village in Barahat tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,987, made up of 2,619 males and 2,368 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 904 females per 1000 males. The village covers 346 hectares hectares.

Kharihara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharihara village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Banka
Tehsil Barahat
Area (hectares) 346 hectares
Population 4,987
Male Population 2,619
Female Population 2,368
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 904
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kharihara compares

By the 2011 count Kharihara is the 8th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,359 residents. Its 346 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Kharihara

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

How far is Kharihara from other places

Kharihara lies about 8.7 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Barahat Junction, about under 2 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 Kharihara
Nearest railway station Barahat Junction under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Barahat 3.2 km
District headquarters Banka 8.7 km
Nearest town Bānka 8.7 km

Villages closest to Kharihara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharihara village had a population of 4,987. That makes it the 8th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,359 residents.

Kharihara village has 2,619 males and 2,368 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharihara has about 904 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 915.

Kharihara covers 346 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Kharihara falls under Barahat tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Kharihara is Barahat Junction, about under 2 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kharihara.

Kharihara is about 8.7 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharihara is in Barahat tehsil of Banka district. Barahat Junction is about under 2 km away. Barahat is about 3.2 km away. Banka is about 8.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Aphara (under 2 km), Kharahara (under 2 km) and Loharia (under 2 km).

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

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