About Khandail Village

Khandail is a large village in Sherghati tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,040, made up of 1,466 males and 1,574 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,074 females per 1000 males. The village covers 219 hectares hectares.

Khandail Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khandail village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Sherghati
Area (hectares)	219 hectares
Population	3,040
Male Population	1,466
Female Population	1,574
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,074
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khandail compares

By the 2011 count Khandail is the 8th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,424 residents. Its 219 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Khandail

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

Khandail lies about 21 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Paraiya, about 17 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 Khandail
Tehsil headquarters	Sherghati	13 km
Nearest town	Sherghāti	13 km
Nearest railway station	Paraiya	17 km
District headquarters	Gaya	21 km

Villages closest to Khandail

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 Khandail

As per the Census of India 2011, Khandail village had a population of 3,040. That makes it the 8th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,424 residents.

Khandail village has 1,466 males and 1,574 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khandail has about 1074 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

Khandail covers 219 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khandail falls under Sherghati tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khandail is Paraiya, about 17 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khandail.

Khandail is about 21 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khandail is in Sherghati tehsil of Gaya district. Sherghati is about 13 km away. Sherghāti is about 13 km away. Paraiya is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.