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About Kilpara Kalan Village

Kilpara Kalan is a mid sized village in Baisa tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 874, made up of 457 males and 417 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 329 hectares hectares.

Kilpara Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kilpara Kalan village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purnia
Tehsil Baisa
Area (hectares) 329 hectares
Population 874
Male Population 457
Female Population 417
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 912
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kilpara Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Kilpara Kalan is the 79th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,641 residents. Its 329 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Kilpara Kalan

The census records public bus service for Kilpara Kalan as Available within 5 - 10 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 Kilpara Kalan from other places

Kilpara Kalan lies about 40 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Kanki, about 8.2 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 Kilpara Kalan
Nearest railway station Kanki 8.2 km
Nearest town Kishanganj 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Baisa 28 km
District headquarters Purnia 40 km

Villages closest to Kilpara Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Baisa 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 Kilpara Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Kilpara Kalan village had a population of 874. That makes it the 79th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,641 residents.

Kilpara Kalan village has 457 males and 417 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kilpara Kalan has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 930.

Kilpara Kalan covers 329 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kilpara Kalan falls under Baisa tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Kilpara Kalan is Kanki, about 8.2 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Kilpara Kalan.

Kilpara Kalan is about 40 km from Purnia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kilpara Kalan is in Baisa tehsil of Purnia district. Kanki is about 8.2 km away. Kishanganj is about 20 km away. Baisa is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Harbhanga (2.1 km), Panki Milik (2.1 km) and Palasbari (2.3 km).

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

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