About Kandholia Village

Kandholia is a large village in Lauriya tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,514, made up of 1,855 males and 1,659 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 148.1 hectares hectares.

Kandholia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kandholia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil	Lauriya
Area (hectares)	148.1 hectares
Population	3,514
Male Population	1,855
Female Population	1,659
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kandholia compares

By the 2011 count Kandholia is the 22nd largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,534 residents. Its 148.1 hectares work out to about 24 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 909.

Getting to Kandholia

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

Kandholia lies about 12 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Chamua, about 10 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 Kandholia
Tehsil headquarters	Lauriya	7.8 km
Nearest railway station	Chamua	10 km
Nearest town	Narkatiāganj	11 km
District headquarters	Pashchim Champaran	12 km

Villages closest to Kandholia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kandholia village had a population of 3,514. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,534 residents.

Kandholia village has 1,855 males and 1,659 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kandholia has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 909.

Kandholia covers 148.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 24 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Kandholia falls under Lauriya tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Kandholia is Chamua, about 10 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kandholia.

Kandholia is about 12 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kandholia is in Lauriya tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Lauriya is about 7.8 km away. Chamua is about 10 km away. Narkatiāganj is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.