About Turki Khagha Village

Turki Khagha is a small village in Dhamdaha tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 418, made up of 225 males and 193 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 858 females per 1000 males. The village covers 249 hectares hectares.

Turki Khagha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Turki Khagha village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purnia
Tehsil	Dhamdaha
Area (hectares)	249 hectares
Population	418
Male Population	225
Female Population	193
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	858
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Turki Khagha compares

By the 2011 count Turki Khagha is the 49th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 4,178 residents. Its 249 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Turki Khagha

Turki Khagha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Turki Khagha 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Turki Khagha from other places

Turki Khagha lies about 32 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Bakhri, about 9.5 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 Turki Khagha
Nearest railway station	Bakhri	9.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhamdaha	21 km
Nearest town	Naugachhia	26 km
District headquarters	Purnia	32 km

Villages closest to Turki Khagha

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

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Common questions about Turki Khagha

As per the Census of India 2011, Turki Khagha village had a population of 418. That makes it the 49th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,178 residents.

Turki Khagha village has 225 males and 193 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Turki Khagha has about 858 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 913.

Turki Khagha covers 249 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Turki Khagha falls under Dhamdaha tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Turki Khagha is Bakhri, about 9.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Turki Khagha.

Turki Khagha is about 32 km from Purnia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Turki Khagha is in Dhamdaha tehsil of Purnia district. Bakhri is about 9.5 km away. Dhamdaha is about 21 km away. Naugachhia is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.