About Khortha Village

Khortha is a large village in Sahjanwa tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,469, made up of 2,188 males and 2,281 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 183.03 hectares hectares.

Khortha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khortha village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Sahjanwa
Area (hectares)	183.03 hectares
Population	4,469
Male Population	2,188
Female Population	2,281
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,043
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 Khortha compares

By the 2011 count Khortha is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 183.03 hectares work out to about 24 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Khortha

Khortha is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Khortha 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 Khortha from other places

Khortha lies about 13 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Domingarh, 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 Khortha
Nearest railway station	Domingarh	13 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sahjanwa	17 km

Villages closest to Khortha

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 Khortha

As per the Census of India 2011, Khortha village had a population of 4,469. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Khortha village has 2,188 males and 2,281 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khortha has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Khortha covers 183.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 24 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Khortha is Domingarh, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khortha.

Khortha is about 13 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khortha is in Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Domingarh is about 13 km away. Gorakhpur is about 13 km away. Sahjanwa is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.