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About Khagni Village

Khagni is a mid sized village in Goriakothi tehsil, in the district of Siwan, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,860, made up of 873 males and 987 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,131 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136 hectares hectares.

Khagni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khagni village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Siwan
Tehsil Goriakothi
Area (hectares) 136 hectares
Population 1,860
Male Population 873
Female Population 987
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,131
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 Khagni compares

By the 2011 count Khagni is the 37th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,838 residents. Its 136 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Khagni

Khagni is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khagni 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 Khagni from other places

Khagni lies about 21 km from Siwan, and the nearest railway station is Bishunpur Mahuari Halt, about 11 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 Khagni
Nearest railway station Bishunpur Mahuari Halt 11 km
Nearest town Mahārājgani 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Goriakothi 21 km
District headquarters Siwan 21 km

Villages closest to Khagni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khagni village had a population of 1,860. That makes it the 37th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,838 residents.

Khagni village has 873 males and 987 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khagni has about 1131 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1015.

Khagni covers 136 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khagni falls under Goriakothi tehsil of Siwan district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khagni is Bishunpur Mahuari Halt, about 11 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 Khagni.

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

Khagni is in Goriakothi tehsil of Siwan district. Bishunpur Mahuari Halt is about 11 km away. Mahārājgani is about 14 km away. Goriakothi is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mustafabad (under 2 km), Lilaru Aurangabad (under 2 km) and Lilaru Habib (1.5 km).

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

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