About Khorasan Village

Khorasan is a large village in Banma Itahri tehsil, in the district of Saharsa, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,847, made up of 2,530 males and 2,317 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 121.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 852129, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khorasan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khorasan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Saharsa
Tehsil	Banma Itahri
Pincode	852129
Area (hectares)	121.8 hectares
Population	4,847
Male Population	2,530
Female Population	2,317
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	916
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khorasan compares

By the 2011 count Khorasan is the 8th largest of the 18 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 5,052 residents. Its 121.8 hectares work out to about 40 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 909.

Getting to Khorasan

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

How far is Khorasan from other places

Khorasan lies about 21 km from Saharsa, and the nearest railway station is Simri Bakhtiyarpur, about 8.6 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 Khorasan
Tehsil headquarters	Banma Itahri	3.8 km
Nearest railway station	Simri Bakhtiyarpur	8.6 km
District headquarters	Saharsa	21 km

Villages closest to Khorasan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Banma Itahri 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 Khorasan

As per the Census of India 2011, Khorasan village had a population of 4,847. That makes it the 8th largest of the 18 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,052 residents.

Khorasan village has 2,530 males and 2,317 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khorasan has about 916 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 909.

The pincode recorded for Khorasan is 852129. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khorasan covers 121.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 40 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Khorasan falls under Banma Itahri tehsil of Saharsa district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khorasan is Simri Bakhtiyarpur, about 8.6 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khorasan.

Khorasan is about 21 km from Saharsa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khorasan is in Banma Itahri tehsil of Saharsa district. Banma Itahri is about 3.8 km away. Simri Bakhtiyarpur is about 8.6 km away. Saharsa is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.