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About Khurahia Village

Khurahia is one of the larger villages in Ghorasahan tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 8,190, made up of 4,371 males and 3,819 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 517 hectares hectares.

Khurahia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khurahia village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purba Champaran
Tehsil Ghorasahan
Area (hectares) 517 hectares
Population 8,190
Male Population 4,371
Female Population 3,819
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 874
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khurahia compares

By the 2011 count Khurahia is the 9th largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 6,726 residents. Its 517 hectares work out to about 16 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 895.

Getting to Khurahia

Khurahia is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Khurahia as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Ghughua, Gurmia, Jamunia Kawaia and Jharokhar. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Khurahia

As per the Census of India 2011, Khurahia village had a population of 8,190. That makes it the 9th largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 6,726 residents.

Khurahia village has 4,371 males and 3,819 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khurahia has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 895.

Khurahia covers 517 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Khurahia falls under Ghorasahan tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The census record for Khurahia notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Khurahia.

Khurahia is in Ghorasahan tehsil of Purba Champaran district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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