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About Khajura Village

Khajura is a mid sized village in Raghunathpur I tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,871, made up of 983 males and 888 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 903 females per 1000 males. The village covers 316.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khajura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khajura village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Puruliya
Tehsil Raghunathpur I
Pincode 723121
Area (hectares) 316.82 hectares
Population 1,871
Male Population 983
Female Population 888
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 903
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khajura compares

By the 2011 count Khajura is the 16th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,221 residents. Its 316.82 hectares work out to about 5.9 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 935.

Getting to Khajura

Khajura is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Khajura 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 <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Juludi, Kadamarra, Kasitora and Kelahi. 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 Khajura

As per the Census of India 2011, Khajura village had a population of 1,871. That makes it the 16th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,221 residents.

Khajura village has 983 males and 888 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khajura has about 903 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Khajura is 723121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khajura covers 316.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khajura falls under Raghunathpur I tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The census record for Khajura notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Khajura.

Khajura is in Raghunathpur I tehsil of Puruliya 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 Khajura today is likely to be higher.

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