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About Kukri Bigha Village

Kukri Bigha is a small village in Makhdumpur tehsil, in the district of Jehanabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 254, made up of 138 males and 116 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 841 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55 hectares hectares.

Kukri Bigha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kukri Bigha village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Jehanabad
Tehsil Makhdumpur
Area (hectares) 55 hectares
Population 254
Male Population 138
Female Population 116
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 841
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kukri Bigha compares

By the 2011 count Kukri Bigha is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,074 residents. Its 55 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Kukri Bigha

Kukri Bigha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kukri Bigha 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kukri Bigha from other places

Kukri Bigha lies about 19 km from Jehanabad, and the nearest railway station is Ner Halt, about 2.4 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 Kukri Bigha
Nearest railway station Ner Halt 2.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Makhdumpur 3.2 km
District headquarters Jehanabad 19 km

Villages closest to Kukri Bigha

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

Common questions about Kukri Bigha

As per the Census of India 2011, Kukri Bigha village had a population of 254. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,074 residents.

Kukri Bigha village has 138 males and 116 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kukri Bigha has about 841 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Kukri Bigha covers 55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kukri Bigha falls under Makhdumpur tehsil of Jehanabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Kukri Bigha is Ner Halt, about 2.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Kukri Bigha.

Kukri Bigha is about 19 km from Jehanabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kukri Bigha is in Makhdumpur tehsil of Jehanabad district. Ner Halt is about 2.4 km away. Makhdumpur is about 3.2 km away. Jehanabad is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Damodarpur (under 2 km), Keam Chak (under 2 km) and Chandai (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Kukri Bigha today is likely to be higher.

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