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About Turkaha Village

Turkaha is a large village in Padrauna tehsil, in the district of Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,102, made up of 1,050 males and 1,052 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,002 females per 1000 males. The village covers 345.24 hectares hectares.

Turkaha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Turkaha village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kushinagar
Tehsil Padrauna
Area (hectares) 345.24 hectares
Population 2,102
Male Population 1,050
Female Population 1,052
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,002
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Turkaha compares

By the 2011 count Turkaha is the 158th largest of the 487 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,114 residents. Its 345.24 hectares work out to about 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Turkaha

The census records public bus service for Turkaha as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Turkaha from other places

Turkaha lies about 25 km from Kushinagar, and the nearest railway station is Bodarwar, about 3.9 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 Turkaha
Nearest railway station Bodarwar 3.9 km
District headquarters Kushinagar 25 km
Tehsil headquarters Padrauna 31 km

Villages closest to Turkaha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Turkaha village had a population of 2,102. That makes it the 158th largest of the 487 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,114 residents.

Turkaha village has 1,050 males and 1,052 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Turkaha has about 1002 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 951.

Turkaha covers 345.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Turkaha falls under Padrauna tehsil of Kushinagar district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Turkaha is Bodarwar, about 3.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Turkaha.

Turkaha is about 25 km from Kushinagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Turkaha is in Padrauna tehsil of Kushinagar district. Bodarwar is about 3.9 km away. Kushinagar is about 25 km away. Padrauna is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hirnaha (5.2 km), Tinparsa (7.1 km) and Babhnauli (8.1 km).

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

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