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About Khamhauri Village

Khamhauri is a large village in Maharajganj tehsil, in the district of Siwan, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,155, made up of 1,476 males and 1,679 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,138 females per 1000 males. The village covers 205.91 hectares hectares.

Khamhauri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khamhauri village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Siwan
Tehsil Maharajganj
Area (hectares) 205.91 hectares
Population 3,155
Male Population 1,476
Female Population 1,679
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,138
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 Khamhauri compares

By the 2011 count Khamhauri is the 16th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,409 residents. Its 205.91 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1048.

Getting to Khamhauri

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

Khamhauri lies about 14 km from Siwan, and the nearest railway station is Pachrukhi, about 5.7 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 Khamhauri
Nearest railway station Pachrukhi 5.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Maharajganj 6.2 km
Nearest town Mahārājgani 6.2 km
District headquarters Siwan 14 km

Villages closest to Khamhauri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khamhauri village had a population of 3,155. That makes it the 16th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,409 residents.

Khamhauri village has 1,476 males and 1,679 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khamhauri has about 1138 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1048.

Khamhauri covers 205.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Khamhauri falls under Maharajganj tehsil of Siwan district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khamhauri is Pachrukhi, about 5.7 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 Khamhauri.

Khamhauri is about 14 km from Siwan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khamhauri is in Maharajganj tehsil of Siwan district. Pachrukhi is about 5.7 km away. Maharajganj is about 6.2 km away. Mahārājgani is about 6.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Misraulia (under 2 km), Bajrahia (1.9 km) and Rahia (1.9 km).

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

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