About Nikhura Village

Nikhura is a mid sized village in Dumraon tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 528, made up of 282 males and 246 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43.3 hectares hectares.

How Nikhura compares

By the 2011 count Nikhura is the 55th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,484 residents. Its 43.3 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Nikhura

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

How far is Nikhura from other places

Nikhura lies about 19 km from Buxar. 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.

Villages closest to Nikhura

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dumraon tehsil.

• Karuaj under 2 km
• Tulshipur under 2 km
• Rajdiha under 2 km
• Araila 1.6 km
• Kopwa 2.1 km
• Phogu Tola 2.5 km

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.