About Khayerkata Village

Khayerkata is a large village in Nagrakata tehsil, in the district of Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,889, made up of 1,508 males and 1,381 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 366 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 735202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khayerkata Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khayerkata village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Jalpaiguri
Tehsil	Nagrakata
Pincode	735202
Area (hectares)	366 hectares
Population	2,889
Male Population	1,508
Female Population	1,381
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	916
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khayerkata compares

By the 2011 count Khayerkata is the 19th largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,861 residents. Its 366 hectares work out to about 7.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Khayerkata

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

Khayerkata lies about 36 km from Jalpaiguri, and the nearest railway station is Binnaguri, about 5.9 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 Khayerkata
Nearest town	Goyerkāta	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Binnaguri	5.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nagrakata	24 km
District headquarters	Jalpaiguri	36 km

Villages closest to Khayerkata

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khayerkata village had a population of 2,889. That makes it the 19th largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,861 residents.

Khayerkata village has 1,508 males and 1,381 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khayerkata has about 916 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Khayerkata is 735202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khayerkata covers 366 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khayerkata falls under Nagrakata tehsil of Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Khayerkata is Binnaguri, about 5.9 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 Khayerkata.

Khayerkata is about 36 km from Jalpaiguri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khayerkata is in Nagrakata tehsil of Jalpaiguri district. Goyerkāta is about under 2 km away. Binnaguri is about 5.9 km away. Nagrakata is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.