About Nokhpura Village

Nokhpura is a large village in Chaugain tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,700, made up of 1,445 males and 1,255 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 171.6 hectares hectares.

Nokhpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nokhpura village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Buxar
Tehsil	Chaugain
Area (hectares)	171.6 hectares
Population	2,700
Male Population	1,445
Female Population	1,255
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	869
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nokhpura compares

By the 2011 count Nokhpura is the 6th largest of the 20 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,437 residents. Its 171.6 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Nokhpura

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

How far is Nokhpura from other places

Nokhpura lies about 21 km from Buxar, and the nearest railway station is V.V. Giri Halt, about 7.0 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 Nokhpura
Nearest town	Dumraon	5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chaugain	6.4 km
Nearest railway station	V.V. Giri Halt	7.0 km
District headquarters	Buxar	21 km

Villages closest to Nokhpura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nokhpura village had a population of 2,700. That makes it the 6th largest of the 20 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,437 residents.

Nokhpura village has 1,445 males and 1,255 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nokhpura has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

Nokhpura covers 171.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Nokhpura falls under Chaugain tehsil of Buxar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Nokhpura is V.V. Giri Halt, about 7.0 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Nokhpura.

Nokhpura is about 21 km from Buxar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nokhpura is in Chaugain tehsil of Buxar district. Dumraon is about 5.6 km away. Chaugain is about 6.4 km away. V.V. Giri Halt is about 7.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.