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About Khuriyal Village

Khuriyal is one of the larger villages in Azamnagar tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 7,680, made up of 4,088 males and 3,592 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 692.7 hectares hectares.

Khuriyal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khuriyal village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Katihar
Tehsil Azamnagar
Area (hectares) 692.7 hectares
Population 7,680
Male Population 4,088
Female Population 3,592
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 879
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Khuriyal compares

By the 2011 count Khuriyal is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,414 residents. Its 692.7 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Khuriyal

Khuriyal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khuriyal as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khuriyal from other places

Khuriyal lies about 43 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Milangarh, about 11 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 Khuriyal
Nearest railway station Milangarh 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Azamnagar 20 km
Nearest town Rāiganj 24 km
District headquarters Katihar 43 km

Villages closest to Khuriyal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khuriyal village had a population of 7,680. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,414 residents.

Khuriyal village has 4,088 males and 3,592 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khuriyal has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

Khuriyal covers 692.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khuriyal falls under Azamnagar tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khuriyal is Milangarh, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khuriyal.

Khuriyal is about 43 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khuriyal is in Azamnagar tehsil of Katihar district. Milangarh is about 11 km away. Azamnagar is about 20 km away. Rāiganj is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hati (under 2 km), Sitalpur (under 2 km) and Tetla Dangi (4.2 km).

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

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