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About Khiridanr Village

Khiridanr is a mid sized village in Sonhaula tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,911, made up of 1,023 males and 888 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 86 hectares hectares.

Khiridanr Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khiridanr village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Bhagalpur
Tehsil Sonhaula
Area (hectares) 86 hectares
Population 1,911
Male Population 1,023
Female Population 888
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 868
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khiridanr compares

By the 2011 count Khiridanr is the 31st largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,428 residents. Its 86 hectares work out to about 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 907.

Getting to Khiridanr

Khiridanr is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khiridanr 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khiridanr from other places

Khiridanr lies about 22 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Ghogha, about 5.9 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 Khiridanr
Nearest railway station Ghogha 5.9 km
Nearest town Colgong 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Sonhaula 22 km
District headquarters Bhagalpur 22 km

Villages closest to Khiridanr

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khiridanr village had a population of 1,911. That makes it the 31st largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,428 residents.

Khiridanr village has 1,023 males and 888 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khiridanr has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 907.

Khiridanr covers 86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Khiridanr falls under Sonhaula tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khiridanr is Ghogha, about 5.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Khiridanr.

Khiridanr is about 22 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khiridanr is in Sonhaula tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Ghogha is about 5.9 km away. Colgong is about 14 km away. Sonhaula is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bangaon (under 2 km), Faridampur (under 2 km) and Disarath (under 2 km).

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

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