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About Khoksa Village

Khoksa is a mid sized village in Baisi tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,690, made up of 905 males and 785 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 174 hectares hectares.

Khoksa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khoksa village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purnia
Tehsil Baisi
Area (hectares) 174 hectares
Population 1,690
Male Population 905
Female Population 785
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 867
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 Khoksa compares

By the 2011 count Khoksa is the 48th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,023 residents. Its 174 hectares work out to about 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Khoksa

The census records public bus service for Khoksa 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 Khoksa from other places

Khoksa lies about 26 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Telta, about 12 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 Khoksa
Tehsil headquarters Baisi 4.5 km
Nearest railway station Telta 12 km
Nearest town Kasba 19 km
District headquarters Purnia 26 km

Villages closest to Khoksa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khoksa village had a population of 1,690. That makes it the 48th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,023 residents.

Khoksa village has 905 males and 785 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khoksa has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

Khoksa covers 174 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khoksa falls under Baisi tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khoksa is Telta, about 12 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 Khoksa.

Khoksa is about 26 km from Purnia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khoksa is in Baisi tehsil of Purnia district. Baisi is about 4.5 km away. Telta is about 12 km away. Kasba is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shahpur (under 2 km), Dogharia (under 2 km) and Khutia (2.3 km).

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

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