About Kharika Village

Kharika is a mid sized village in Rajpur tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 579, made up of 306 males and 273 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 135 hectares hectares.

Kharika Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharika village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Buxar
Tehsil	Rajpur
Area (hectares)	135 hectares
Population	579
Male Population	306
Female Population	273
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	892
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kharika compares

By the 2011 count Kharika is the 106th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,239 residents. Its 135 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Kharika

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

How far is Kharika from other places

Kharika lies about 39 km from Buxar, and the nearest railway station is Ghusia Kalan Halt, about 13 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 Kharika
Nearest town	Bikramganj	12 km
Nearest railway station	Ghusia Kalan Halt	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajpur	29 km
District headquarters	Buxar	39 km

Villages closest to Kharika

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharika village had a population of 579. That makes it the 106th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,239 residents.

Kharika village has 306 males and 273 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharika has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 925.

Kharika covers 135 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kharika falls under Rajpur tehsil of Buxar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Kharika is Ghusia Kalan Halt, about 13 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 5 - 10 km distance for Kharika.

Kharika is about 39 km from Buxar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharika is in Rajpur tehsil of Buxar district. Bikramganj is about 12 km away. Ghusia Kalan Halt is about 13 km away. Rajpur is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.