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About Khakhra Village

Khakhra is a mid sized village in Kargahar tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,466, made up of 798 males and 668 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 837 females per 1000 males. The village covers 272 hectares hectares.

Khakhra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khakhra village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Rohtas
Tehsil Kargahar
Area (hectares) 272 hectares
Population 1,466
Male Population 798
Female Population 668
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 837
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khakhra compares

By the 2011 count Khakhra is the 49th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,140 residents. Its 272 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 914.

Getting to Khakhra

Khakhra is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khakhra as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Khaira Dew, Khaira Sahmal, Khairahi and Khairi Sultan. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Khakhra

As per the Census of India 2011, Khakhra village had a population of 1,466. That makes it the 49th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,140 residents.

Khakhra village has 798 males and 668 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khakhra has about 837 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 914.

Khakhra covers 272 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khakhra falls under Kargahar tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The census record for Khakhra notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khakhra.

Khakhra is in Kargahar tehsil of Rohtas district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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