About Bhikhara Village

Bhikhara is a small village in Sahjanwa tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 441, made up of 248 males and 193 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 778 females per 1000 males. The village covers 80.07 hectares hectares.

Bhikhara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhikhara village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Sahjanwa
Area (hectares)	80.07 hectares
Population	441
Male Population	248
Female Population	193
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	778
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bhikhara compares

By the 2011 count Bhikhara is the 215th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 80.07 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Bhikhara

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

Bhikhara lies about 23 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Sihapar Halt, about 11 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 Bhikhara
Nearest railway station	Sihapar Halt	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sahjanwa	13 km
Nearest town	Khalīlābād	13 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	23 km

Villages closest to Bhikhara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhikhara village had a population of 441. That makes it the 215th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Bhikhara village has 248 males and 193 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhikhara has about 778 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Bhikhara covers 80.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bhikhara falls under Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bhikhara is Sihapar Halt, about 11 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Bhikhara.

Bhikhara is about 23 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhikhara is in Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Sihapar Halt is about 11 km away. Sahjanwa is about 13 km away. Khalīlābād is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.