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About Khandara Village

Khandara is a small village in Kumarganj tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 253, made up of 133 males and 120 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 902 females per 1000 males. The village covers 125.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733133, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khandara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khandara village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil Kumarganj
Pincode 733133
Area (hectares) 125.48 hectares
Population 253
Male Population 133
Female Population 120
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 902
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khandara compares

By the 2011 count Khandara is the 171st largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 814 residents. Its 125.48 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Khandara

Khandara is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khandara as Available within 10+ 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 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Katakol, Katla, Katnapara and Keshurail. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Khandara

As per the Census of India 2011, Khandara village had a population of 253. That makes it the 171st largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 814 residents.

Khandara village has 133 males and 120 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khandara has about 902 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Khandara is 733133. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khandara covers 125.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khandara falls under Kumarganj tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Khandara notes the nearest railway station 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 <5 km distance for Khandara.

Khandara is in Kumarganj tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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