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About Khawa Rajpur Village

Khawa Rajpur is one of the larger villages in Surajgarha tehsil, in the district of Lakhisarai, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 8,788, made up of 4,668 males and 4,120 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 252 hectares hectares.

Khawa Rajpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khawa Rajpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Lakhisarai
Tehsil Surajgarha
Area (hectares) 252 hectares
Population 8,788
Male Population 4,668
Female Population 4,120
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 883
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khawa Rajpur compares

By the 2011 count Khawa Rajpur is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,411 residents. Its 252 hectares work out to about 35 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 887.

Getting to Khawa Rajpur

Khawa Rajpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khawa Rajpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Khawa Rajpur from other places

Khawa Rajpur lies about 24 km from Lakhisarai, and the nearest railway station is Masudan, about 7.4 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 Khawa Rajpur
Nearest railway station Masudan 7.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Surajgarha 8.9 km
Nearest town Ballia 15 km
District headquarters Lakhisarai 24 km

Villages closest to Khawa Rajpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Surajgarha 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 Khawa Rajpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Khawa Rajpur village had a population of 8,788. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,411 residents.

Khawa Rajpur village has 4,668 males and 4,120 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khawa Rajpur has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 887.

Khawa Rajpur covers 252 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 35 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Khawa Rajpur falls under Surajgarha tehsil of Lakhisarai district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khawa Rajpur is Masudan, about 7.4 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khawa Rajpur.

Khawa Rajpur is about 24 km from Lakhisarai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khawa Rajpur is in Surajgarha tehsil of Lakhisarai district. Masudan is about 7.4 km away. Surajgarha is about 8.9 km away. Ballia is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jhapani (under 2 km), Modnipur (under 2 km) and Haibatganj (1.7 km).

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

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