About Kharsel Village

Kharsel is a mid sized village in Bahadurganj tehsil, in the district of Kishanganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,018, made up of 492 males and 526 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,069 females per 1000 males. The village covers 243 hectares hectares.

Kharsel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharsel village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Kishanganj
Tehsil	Bahadurganj
Area (hectares)	243 hectares
Population	1,018
Male Population	492
Female Population	526
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,069
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kharsel compares

By the 2011 count Kharsel is the 57th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,128 residents. Its 243 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Kharsel

Kharsel is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kharsel 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kharsel from other places

Kharsel lies about 19 km from Kishanganj, and the nearest railway station is Pawakhali, about 6.8 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 Kharsel
Nearest railway station	Pawakhali	6.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bahadurganj	11 km
Nearest town	Bahādurganj	11 km
District headquarters	Kishanganj	19 km

Villages closest to Kharsel

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharsel village had a population of 1,018. That makes it the 57th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,128 residents.

Kharsel village has 492 males and 526 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharsel has about 1069 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

Kharsel covers 243 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kharsel falls under Bahadurganj tehsil of Kishanganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Kharsel is Pawakhali, about 6.8 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kharsel.

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

Kharsel is in Bahadurganj tehsil of Kishanganj district. Pawakhali is about 6.8 km away. Bahadurganj is about 11 km away. Bahādurganj is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.