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About Khurma Village

Khurma is a large village in Meja tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,632, made up of 1,365 males and 1,267 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 928 females per 1000 males. The village covers 674.12 hectares hectares.

Khurma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khurma village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Allahabad
Tehsil Meja
Area (hectares) 674.12 hectares
Population 2,632
Male Population 1,365
Female Population 1,267
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 928
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Khurma compares

By the 2011 count Khurma is the 53rd largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents. Its 674.12 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Khurma

Khurma is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Khurma as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khurma from other places

Khurma lies about 52 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Manda Road, about 7.6 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 Khurma
Nearest railway station Manda Road 7.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Meja 10 km
Nearest town Gyānpur 37 km
District headquarters Allahabad 52 km

Villages closest to Khurma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khurma village had a population of 2,632. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents.

Khurma village has 1,365 males and 1,267 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khurma has about 928 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 919.

Khurma covers 674.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khurma falls under Meja tehsil of Allahabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khurma is Manda Road, about 7.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Khurma.

Khurma is about 52 km from Allahabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khurma is in Meja tehsil of Allahabad district. Manda Road is about 7.6 km away. Meja is about 10 km away. Gyānpur is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Adarupur (under 2 km), Tisentulapur (under 2 km) and Tikapur (under 2 km).

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

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