About Kuthwa Village

Kuthwa is a mid sized village in Barahiya tehsil, in the district of Lakhisarai, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 783, made up of 409 males and 374 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 917 hectares hectares.

Kuthwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kuthwa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Lakhisarai
Tehsil	Barahiya
Area (hectares)	917 hectares
Population	783
Male Population	409
Female Population	374
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	914
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kuthwa compares

By the 2011 count Kuthwa is the 29th largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,286 residents. Its 917 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 881.

Getting to Kuthwa

Kuthwa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kuthwa as Available within 5 - 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 Kuthwa from other places

Kuthwa lies about 129 km from Lakhisarai, and the nearest railway station is Makhdumpur Gaya, about 18 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 Kuthwa
Tehsil headquarters	Barahiya	3.1 km
Nearest town	Makhdumpur	17 km
Nearest railway station	Makhdumpur Gaya	18 km
District headquarters	Lakhisarai	129 km

Villages closest to Kuthwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kuthwa village had a population of 783. That makes it the 29th largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,286 residents.

Kuthwa village has 409 males and 374 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kuthwa has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 881.

Kuthwa covers 917 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kuthwa falls under Barahiya tehsil of Lakhisarai district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Kuthwa is Makhdumpur Gaya, about 18 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kuthwa.

Kuthwa is about 129 km from Lakhisarai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kuthwa is in Barahiya tehsil of Lakhisarai district. Barahiya is about 3.1 km away. Makhdumpur is about 17 km away. Makhdumpur Gaya is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.