About Tighara Village

Tighara is a small village in Khajni tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 155, made up of 82 males and 73 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 80.66 hectares hectares.

Tighara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tighara village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Khajni
Area (hectares)	80.66 hectares
Population	155
Male Population	82
Female Population	73
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	890
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Tighara compares

By the 2011 count Tighara is the 580th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 846 residents. Its 80.66 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Tighara

Tighara 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 Tighara 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 Tighara from other places

Tighara lies about 29 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Sahjanwa, about 25 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 Tighara
Tehsil headquarters	Khajni	13 km
Nearest railway station	Sahjanwa	25 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	29 km

Villages closest to Tighara

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

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Common questions about Tighara

As per the Census of India 2011, Tighara village had a population of 155. That makes it the 580th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 846 residents.

Tighara village has 82 males and 73 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tighara has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Tighara covers 80.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Tighara falls under Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Tighara is Sahjanwa, about 25 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 Tighara.

Tighara is about 29 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tighara is in Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Khajni is about 13 km away. Sahjanwa is about 25 km away. Gorakhpur is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.