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About Kanharia Village

Kanharia is a mid sized village in Amour tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,119, made up of 591 males and 528 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 187 hectares hectares.

Kanharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanharia village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purnia
Tehsil Amour
Area (hectares) 187 hectares
Population 1,119
Male Population 591
Female Population 528
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 893
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kanharia compares

By the 2011 count Kanharia is the 88th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,941 residents. Its 187 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 922.

Getting to Kanharia

The census records public bus service for Kanharia as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kanharia from other places

Kanharia lies about 30 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Surja Kama, about 13 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 Kanharia
Tehsil headquarters Amour 3.6 km
Nearest railway station Surja Kama 13 km
Nearest town Kasba 20 km
District headquarters Purnia 30 km

Villages closest to Kanharia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanharia village had a population of 1,119. That makes it the 88th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,941 residents.

Kanharia village has 591 males and 528 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanharia has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 922.

Kanharia covers 187 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanharia falls under Amour tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Kanharia is Surja Kama, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Kanharia.

Kanharia is about 30 km from Purnia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanharia is in Amour tehsil of Purnia district. Amour is about 3.6 km away. Surja Kama is about 13 km away. Kasba is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Belgachhi (under 2 km), Nitandar (under 2 km) and Palsa (1.6 km).

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

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