About Dewdhar Khap Village

Dewdhar Khap is a small village in Sherghati tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 160, made up of 79 males and 81 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 824237, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dewdhar Khap Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dewdhar Khap village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Sherghati
Pincode	824237
Area (hectares)	92 hectares
Population	160
Male Population	79
Female Population	81
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,025
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dewdhar Khap compares

By the 2011 count Dewdhar Khap is the 74th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,424 residents. Its 92 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Dewdhar Khap

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

Dewdhar Khap lies about 18 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Kastha, about 14 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 Dewdhar Khap
Nearest town	Bodh Gaya	10 km
Nearest railway station	Kastha	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sherghati	17 km
District headquarters	Gaya	18 km

Villages closest to Dewdhar Khap

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sherghati 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 Dewdhar Khap

As per the Census of India 2011, Dewdhar Khap village had a population of 160. That makes it the 74th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,424 residents.

Dewdhar Khap village has 79 males and 81 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dewdhar Khap has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Dewdhar Khap is 824237. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dewdhar Khap covers 92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dewdhar Khap falls under Sherghati tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Dewdhar Khap is Kastha, about 14 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 Dewdhar Khap.

Dewdhar Khap is about 18 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dewdhar Khap is in Sherghati tehsil of Gaya district. Bodh Gaya is about 10 km away. Kastha is about 14 km away. Sherghati is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.