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About Khengchi Village

Khengchi is a large village in Sitalkuchi tehsil, in the district of Koch Bihar, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,383, made up of 1,192 males and 1,191 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 999 females per 1000 males. The village covers 435.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 736158, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khengchi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khengchi village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Koch Bihar
Tehsil Sitalkuchi
Pincode 736158
Area (hectares) 435.9 hectares
Population 2,383
Male Population 1,192
Female Population 1,191
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 999
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khengchi compares

By the 2011 count Khengchi is the 27th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,766 residents. Its 435.9 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Khengchi

Khengchi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khengchi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Jatamari, Jaygirnaohati, Kharija Dhaperchatra and Kharija Sitalkuchi. 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 Khengchi

As per the Census of India 2011, Khengchi village had a population of 2,383. That makes it the 27th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,766 residents.

Khengchi village has 1,192 males and 1,191 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khengchi has about 999 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Khengchi is 736158. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khengchi covers 435.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khengchi falls under Sitalkuchi tehsil of Koch Bihar district in West Bengal.

The census record for Khengchi notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khengchi.

Khengchi is in Sitalkuchi tehsil of Koch Bihar 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 Khengchi today is likely to be higher.

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