About Turkaha Village

Turkaha is a mid sized village in Phulwaria tehsil, in the district of Gopalganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,236, made up of 635 males and 601 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 130.8 hectares hectares.

Turkaha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Turkaha village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gopalganj
Tehsil	Phulwaria
Area (hectares)	130.8 hectares
Population	1,236
Male Population	635
Female Population	601
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	946
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Turkaha compares

By the 2011 count Turkaha is the 41st largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,311 residents. Its 130.8 hectares work out to about 9.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Turkaha

Turkaha is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Turkaha 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 village. The nearest villages by name are Takia, Tanrwa Khemraj, Tanwa Khas and Thakuri Chak. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Turkaha

As per the Census of India 2011, Turkaha village had a population of 1,236. That makes it the 41st largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,311 residents.

Turkaha village has 635 males and 601 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Turkaha has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1010.

Turkaha covers 130.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Turkaha falls under Phulwaria tehsil of Gopalganj district in Bihar.

The census record for Turkaha notes the nearest railway station as Available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Turkaha.

Turkaha is in Phulwaria tehsil of Gopalganj district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.