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About Khakhra Village

Khakhra is a mid sized village in Tulsipur tehsil, in the district of Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,288, made up of 659 males and 629 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 954 females per 1000 males. The village covers 274.13 hectares hectares.

Khakhra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khakhra village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Balrampur
Tehsil Tulsipur
Area (hectares) 274.13 hectares
Population 1,288
Male Population 659
Female Population 629
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 954
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khakhra compares

By the 2011 count Khakhra is the 249th largest of the 352 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,947 residents. Its 274.13 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 914.

Getting to Khakhra

Khakhra is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Khakhra as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Khakhra from other places

Khakhra lies about 6.5 km from Balrampur, and the nearest railway station is Gainjahwa, about 2.2 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 Khakhra
Nearest railway station Gainjahwa 2.2 km
District headquarters Balrampur 6.5 km
Nearest town Balrāmpur 6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Tulsipur 20 km

Villages closest to Khakhra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khakhra village had a population of 1,288. That makes it the 249th largest of the 352 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,947 residents.

Khakhra village has 659 males and 629 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khakhra has about 954 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 914.

Khakhra covers 274.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khakhra falls under Tulsipur tehsil of Balrampur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khakhra is Gainjahwa, about 2.2 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khakhra.

Khakhra is about 6.5 km from Balrampur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khakhra is in Tulsipur tehsil of Balrampur district. Gainjahwa is about 2.2 km away. Balrampur is about 6.5 km away. Balrāmpur is about 6.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Muda Dih (under 2 km), Lal Nagar (2.5 km) and Bishunpar Bisrampur (2.5 km).

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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