About Deorikhas Village

Deorikhas is a mid sized village in Terhagachh tehsil, in the district of Kishanganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,412, made up of 755 males and 657 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 365 hectares hectares.

Deorikhas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Deorikhas village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Kishanganj
Tehsil	Terhagachh
Area (hectares)	365 hectares
Population	1,412
Male Population	755
Female Population	657
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	870
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 Deorikhas compares

By the 2011 count Deorikhas is the 32nd largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,815 residents. Its 365 hectares work out to about 3.9 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 942.

Getting to Deorikhas

Deorikhas is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Deorikhas 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 Deorikhas from other places

Deorikhas lies about 34 km from Kishanganj, and the nearest railway station is Pawakhali, about 27 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 Deorikhas
Nearest town	Bahādurganj	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Terhagachh	15 km
Nearest railway station	Pawakhali	27 km
District headquarters	Kishanganj	34 km

Villages closest to Deorikhas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Deorikhas village had a population of 1,412. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,815 residents.

Deorikhas village has 755 males and 657 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Deorikhas has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Deorikhas covers 365 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Deorikhas falls under Terhagachh tehsil of Kishanganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Deorikhas is Pawakhali, about 27 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 Deorikhas.

Deorikhas is about 34 km from Kishanganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Deorikhas is in Terhagachh tehsil of Kishanganj district. Bahādurganj is about 14 km away. Terhagachh is about 15 km away. Pawakhali is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.