About Nokhpur Village

Nokhpur is a mid sized village in Nawanagar tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 707, made up of 331 males and 376 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,136 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136 hectares hectares.

Nokhpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nokhpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Buxar
Tehsil	Nawanagar
Area (hectares)	136 hectares
Population	707
Male Population	331
Female Population	376
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,136
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nokhpur compares

By the 2011 count Nokhpur is the 60th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,775 residents. Its 136 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Nokhpur

Nokhpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Nokhpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Nokhpur from other places

Nokhpur lies about 28 km from Buxar, and the nearest railway station is Twining Ganj, about 16 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 Nokhpur
Tehsil headquarters	Nawanagar	4.7 km
Nearest town	Dumraon	15 km
Nearest railway station	Twining Ganj	16 km
District headquarters	Buxar	28 km

Villages closest to Nokhpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nokhpur village had a population of 707. That makes it the 60th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,775 residents.

Nokhpur village has 331 males and 376 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nokhpur has about 1136 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 965.

Nokhpur covers 136 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nokhpur falls under Nawanagar tehsil of Buxar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Nokhpur is Twining Ganj, about 16 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Nokhpur.

Nokhpur is about 28 km from Buxar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nokhpur is in Nawanagar tehsil of Buxar district. Nawanagar is about 4.7 km away. Dumraon is about 15 km away. Twining Ganj is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.