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About Khodna Village

Khodna is a large village in Korha tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,152, made up of 1,678 males and 1,474 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 374 hectares hectares.

Khodna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khodna village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Katihar
Tehsil Korha
Area (hectares) 374 hectares
Population 3,152
Male Population 1,678
Female Population 1,474
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 878
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khodna compares

By the 2011 count Khodna is the 34th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,872 residents. Its 374 hectares work out to about 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Khodna

Khodna is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khodna as Available within 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 Khodna from other places

Khodna lies about 17 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Rautara, about 4.9 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 Khodna
Nearest railway station Rautara 4.9 km
Nearest town Purnia 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Korha 17 km
District headquarters Katihar 17 km

Villages closest to Khodna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khodna village had a population of 3,152. That makes it the 34th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,872 residents.

Khodna village has 1,678 males and 1,474 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khodna has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

Khodna covers 374 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khodna falls under Korha tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khodna is Rautara, about 4.9 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khodna.

Khodna is about 17 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khodna is in Korha tehsil of Katihar district. Rautara is about 4.9 km away. Purnia is about 12 km away. Korha is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kumhra (under 2 km), Rupaspur (2.0 km) and Maheshwa (2.4 km).

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

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