About Khandhara Village

Khandhara is a mid sized village in Simri tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,349, made up of 739 males and 610 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 825 females per 1000 males. The village covers 179.27 hectares hectares.

Khandhara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khandhara village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Buxar
Tehsil	Simri
Area (hectares)	179.27 hectares
Population	1,349
Male Population	739
Female Population	610
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	825
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khandhara compares

By the 2011 count Khandhara is the 39th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,147 residents. Its 179.27 hectares work out to about 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Khandhara

Khandhara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khandhara 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 Khandhara from other places

Khandhara lies about 14 km from Buxar, and the nearest railway station is Dumraon, about 7.6 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 Khandhara
Tehsil headquarters	Simri	1.7 km
Nearest railway station	Dumraon	7.6 km
District headquarters	Buxar	14 km

Villages closest to Khandhara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khandhara village had a population of 1,349. That makes it the 39th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,147 residents.

Khandhara village has 739 males and 610 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khandhara has about 825 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 923.

Khandhara covers 179.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khandhara falls under Simri tehsil of Buxar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khandhara is Dumraon, about 7.6 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 Khandhara.

Khandhara is about 14 km from Buxar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khandhara is in Simri tehsil of Buxar district. Simri is about 1.7 km away. Dumraon is about 7.6 km away. Buxar is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.