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About Khurnu Kalan Village

Khurnu Kalan is a large village in Chenari tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,379, made up of 1,226 males and 1,153 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 309.6 hectares hectares.

Khurnu Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khurnu Kalan village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Rohtas
Tehsil Chenari
Area (hectares) 309.6 hectares
Population 2,379
Male Population 1,226
Female Population 1,153
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 940
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khurnu Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Khurnu Kalan is the 10th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents. Its 309.6 hectares work out to about 7.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Khurnu Kalan

Khurnu Kalan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khurnu Kalan as Available within <5 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khurnu Kalan from other places

Khurnu Kalan lies about 28 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Shiu Sagar Road, about 15 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 Khurnu Kalan
Nearest railway station Shiu Sagar Road 15 km
Nearest town Sasarām 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Chenari 28 km
District headquarters Rohtas 28 km

Villages closest to Khurnu Kalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khurnu Kalan village had a population of 2,379. That makes it the 10th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents.

Khurnu Kalan village has 1,226 males and 1,153 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khurnu Kalan has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 913.

Khurnu Kalan covers 309.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khurnu Kalan falls under Chenari tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khurnu Kalan is Shiu Sagar Road, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khurnu Kalan.

Khurnu Kalan is about 28 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khurnu Kalan is in Chenari tehsil of Rohtas district. Shiu Sagar Road is about 15 km away. Sasarām is about 20 km away. Chenari 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 Khurna (under 2 km), Neuri (under 2 km) and Ghuripur (under 2 km).

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

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