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About Minakurha Village

Minakurha is a mid sized village in Paliganj tehsil, in the district of Patna, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 513, made up of 265 males and 248 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 68.39 hectares hectares.

Minakurha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Minakurha village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Patna
Tehsil Paliganj
Area (hectares) 68.39 hectares
Population 513
Male Population 265
Female Population 248
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 936
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Minakurha compares

By the 2011 count Minakurha is the 104th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,172 residents. Its 68.39 hectares work out to about 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Minakurha

Minakurha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Minakurha 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Minakurha from other places

Minakurha lies about 44 km from Patna, and the nearest railway station is Jehanabad, about 14 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 Minakurha
Tehsil headquarters Paliganj 8.1 km
Nearest railway station Jehanabad 14 km
Nearest town Jahānābād 14 km
District headquarters Patna 44 km

Villages closest to Minakurha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Minakurha village had a population of 513. That makes it the 104th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,172 residents.

Minakurha village has 265 males and 248 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Minakurha has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 949.

Minakurha covers 68.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Minakurha falls under Paliganj tehsil of Patna district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Minakurha is Jehanabad, about 14 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 5 - 10 km distance for Minakurha.

Minakurha is about 44 km from Patna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Minakurha is in Paliganj tehsil of Patna district. Paliganj is about 8.1 km away. Jehanabad is about 14 km away. Jahānābād is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Narauli (under 2 km), Baruna (1.6 km) and Chiksi (1.7 km).

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

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