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About Khkhra Village

Khkhra is a mid sized village in Chakia tehsil, in the district of Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,739, made up of 909 males and 830 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 913 females per 1000 males. The village covers 297.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 232118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khkhra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khkhra village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Chandauli
Tehsil Chakia
Pincode 232118
Area (hectares) 297.54 hectares
Population 1,739
Male Population 909
Female Population 830
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 913
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khkhra compares

By the 2011 count Khkhra is the 47th largest of the 496 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 784 residents. Its 297.54 hectares work out to about 5.8 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 926.

Getting to Khkhra

Khkhra is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khkhra as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Khkhra from other places

Khkhra lies about 16 km from Chandauli, and the nearest railway station is Saidraja, about 13 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 Khkhra
Nearest railway station Saidraja 13 km
District headquarters Chandauli 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Chakia 17 km

Villages closest to Khkhra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khkhra village had a population of 1,739. That makes it the 47th largest of the 496 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 784 residents.

Khkhra village has 909 males and 830 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khkhra has about 913 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 926.

The pincode recorded for Khkhra is 232118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khkhra covers 297.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khkhra falls under Chakia tehsil of Chandauli district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khkhra is Saidraja, about 13 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 for Khkhra.

Khkhra is about 16 km from Chandauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khkhra is in Chakia tehsil of Chandauli district. Saidraja is about 13 km away. Chandauli is about 16 km away. Chakia is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rohakh (under 2 km), Rohakhi (under 2 km) and Jigana (1.6 km).

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

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