About Purani Kherhi Village

Purani Kherhi is a mid sized village in Shahkund tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,942, made up of 1,020 males and 922 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 904 females per 1000 males. The village covers 417 hectares hectares.

Purani Kherhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purani Kherhi village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhagalpur
Tehsil	Shahkund
Area (hectares)	417 hectares
Population	1,942
Male Population	1,020
Female Population	922
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	904
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Purani Kherhi compares

By the 2011 count Purani Kherhi is the 30th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,726 residents. Its 417 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 886.

Getting to Purani Kherhi

Purani Kherhi 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 Purani Kherhi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Purani Kherhi from other places

Purani Kherhi lies about 11 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Hatpuraini Railway station, 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 Purani Kherhi
Nearest town	Purāini	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Hatpuraini Railway station	under 2 km
District headquarters	Bhagalpur	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shahkund	17 km

Villages closest to Purani Kherhi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shahkund 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 Purani Kherhi

As per the Census of India 2011, Purani Kherhi village had a population of 1,942. That makes it the 30th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,726 residents.

Purani Kherhi village has 1,020 males and 922 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purani Kherhi has about 904 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 886.

Purani Kherhi covers 417 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purani Kherhi falls under Shahkund tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Purani Kherhi is Hatpuraini Railway station, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

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

Purani Kherhi is in Shahkund tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Purāini is about under 2 km away. Hatpuraini Railway station is about under 2 km away. Bhagalpur is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.