About Palhat Khurd Village

Palhat Khurd is a small village in Sherghati tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 486, made up of 242 males and 244 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 29 hectares hectares.

Palhat Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palhat Khurd village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Sherghati
Area (hectares)	29 hectares
Population	486
Male Population	242
Female Population	244
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,008
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 Palhat Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Palhat Khurd is the 64th 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 29 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Palhat Khurd

Palhat Khurd is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Palhat Khurd 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 Palhat Khurd from other places

Palhat Khurd lies about 30 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Paraiya, about 26 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 Palhat Khurd
Tehsil headquarters	Sherghati	3.6 km
Nearest town	Sherghāti	3.6 km
Nearest railway station	Paraiya	26 km
District headquarters	Gaya	30 km

Villages closest to Palhat Khurd

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 Palhat Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Palhat Khurd village had a population of 486. That makes it the 64th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,424 residents.

Palhat Khurd village has 242 males and 244 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palhat Khurd has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

Palhat Khurd covers 29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Palhat Khurd falls under Sherghati tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Palhat Khurd is Paraiya, about 26 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 Palhat Khurd.

Palhat Khurd is about 30 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palhat Khurd is in Sherghati tehsil of Gaya district. Sherghati is about 3.6 km away. Sherghāti is about 3.6 km away. Paraiya is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.