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About Korhia Village

Korhia is a mid sized village in Chanan tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,976, made up of 1,036 males and 940 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 492 hectares hectares.

Korhia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Korhia village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Banka
Tehsil Chanan
Area (hectares) 492 hectares
Population 1,976
Male Population 1,036
Female Population 940
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 907
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Korhia compares

By the 2011 count Korhia is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 588 residents. Its 492 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Korhia

Korhia 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 Korhia as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Korhia from other places

Korhia lies about 84 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Khagaria, about 3.0 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 Korhia
Nearest railway station Khagaria 3.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Chanan 25 km
District headquarters Banka 84 km

Villages closest to Korhia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Korhia village had a population of 1,976. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 588 residents.

Korhia village has 1,036 males and 940 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Korhia has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 932.

Korhia covers 492 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Korhia falls under Chanan tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Korhia is Khagaria, about 3.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Korhia.

Korhia is about 84 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Korhia is in Chanan tehsil of Banka district. Khagaria is about 3.0 km away. Chanan is about 25 km away. Banka is about 84 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tola Sheikhpura (1.8 km), Tola Dari (2.8 km) and Tola Durgapur (3.2 km).

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

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