About Khagra Village

Khagra is a mid sized village in Dhuraiya tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 519, made up of 279 males and 240 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 65 hectares hectares.

Khagra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khagra village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Dhuraiya
Area (hectares)	65 hectares
Population	519
Male Population	279
Female Population	240
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	860
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khagra compares

By the 2011 count Khagra is the 115th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents. Its 65 hectares work out to about 8.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Khagra

Khagra is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khagra as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Khagra from other places

Khagra lies about 29 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Bela, about 15 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 Khagra
Nearest railway station	Bela	15 km
Nearest town	Purāini	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhuraiya	29 km
District headquarters	Banka	29 km

Villages closest to Khagra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khagra village had a population of 519. That makes it the 115th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents.

Khagra village has 279 males and 240 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khagra has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Khagra covers 65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khagra falls under Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khagra is Bela, about 15 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Khagra.

Khagra is about 29 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khagra is in Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district. Bela is about 15 km away. Purāini is about 20 km away. Dhuraiya is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.