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About Khokha Village

Khokha is a small village in Dudhi tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 477, made up of 245 males and 232 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 357.1 hectares hectares.

Khokha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khokha village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sonbhadra
Tehsil Dudhi
Area (hectares) 357.1 hectares
Population 477
Male Population 245
Female Population 232
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 947
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 Khokha compares

By the 2011 count Khokha is the 219th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,753 residents. Its 357.1 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Khokha

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

Khokha lies about 44 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Duddhinagar, about 12 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 Khokha
Tehsil headquarters Dudhi 12 km
Nearest railway station Duddhinagar 12 km
Nearest town Renukūt 22 km
District headquarters Sonbhadra 44 km

Villages closest to Khokha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khokha village had a population of 477. That makes it the 219th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,753 residents.

Khokha village has 245 males and 232 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khokha has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 943.

Khokha covers 357.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khokha falls under Dudhi tehsil of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khokha is Duddhinagar, about 12 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 Khokha.

Khokha is about 44 km from Sonbhadra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khokha is in Dudhi tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Dudhi is about 12 km away. Duddhinagar is about 12 km away. Renukūt is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Karahiya (1.8 km), Aura Dand (1.9 km) and Gulariya (4.4 km).

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

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