About Kharrakasht Village

Kharrakasht is a mid sized village in Terhagachh tehsil, in the district of Kishanganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,183, made up of 606 males and 577 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 952 females per 1000 males. The village covers 198 hectares hectares.

Kharrakasht Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharrakasht village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Kishanganj
Tehsil	Terhagachh
Area (hectares)	198 hectares
Population	1,183
Male Population	606
Female Population	577
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	952
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 Kharrakasht compares

By the 2011 count Kharrakasht is the 35th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,815 residents. Its 198 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Kharrakasht

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

Kharrakasht lies about 36 km from Kishanganj, and the nearest railway station is Pawakhali, about 26 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 Kharrakasht
Tehsil headquarters	Terhagachh	11 km
Nearest town	Bahādurganj	15 km
Nearest railway station	Pawakhali	26 km
District headquarters	Kishanganj	36 km

Villages closest to Kharrakasht

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 Kharrakasht

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharrakasht village had a population of 1,183. That makes it the 35th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,815 residents.

Kharrakasht village has 606 males and 577 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharrakasht has about 952 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 942.

Kharrakasht covers 198 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kharrakasht falls under Terhagachh tehsil of Kishanganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Kharrakasht is Pawakhali, about 26 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 Kharrakasht.

Kharrakasht is about 36 km from Kishanganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharrakasht is in Terhagachh tehsil of Kishanganj district. Terhagachh is about 11 km away. Bahādurganj is about 15 km away. Pawakhali is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.