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About Khagda Village

Khagda is a large village in Egra II tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,149, made up of 2,156 males and 1,993 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 924 females per 1000 males. The village covers 743.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721452, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khagda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khagda village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Purba Medinipur
Tehsil Egra II
Pincode 721452
Area (hectares) 743.45 hectares
Population 4,149
Male Population 2,156
Female Population 1,993
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 924
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khagda compares

By the 2011 count Khagda is the 7th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,559 residents. Its 743.45 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 924.

Getting to Khagda

Khagda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khagda 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. The nearest villages by name are Jinandapur, Kamalpur, Kashmali and Katganj. 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 Khagda

As per the Census of India 2011, Khagda village had a population of 4,149. That makes it the 7th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,559 residents.

Khagda village has 2,156 males and 1,993 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khagda has about 924 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 924.

The pincode recorded for Khagda is 721452. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khagda covers 743.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khagda falls under Egra II tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Khagda notes the nearest railway station 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 Khagda.

Khagda is in Egra II tehsil of Purba Medinipur 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 Khagda today is likely to be higher.

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