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About Khochabari Village

Khochabari is a small village in Chopra tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 56, made up of 30 males and 26 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 165.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khochabari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khochabari village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil Chopra
Pincode 733207
Area (hectares) 165.11 hectares
Population 56
Male Population 30
Female Population 26
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 867
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 Khochabari compares

By the 2011 count Khochabari is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,402 residents. Its 165.11 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Khochabari

Khochabari is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khochabari 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khochabari from other places

Khochabari lies about 77 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Dhumdangi, about 12 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 Khochabari
Nearest railway station Dhumdangi 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Chopra 15 km
Nearest town Siliguri 28 km
District headquarters Uttar Dinajpur 77 km

Villages closest to Khochabari

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

Common questions about Khochabari

As per the Census of India 2011, Khochabari village had a population of 56. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,402 residents.

Khochabari village has 30 males and 26 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khochabari has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

The pincode recorded for Khochabari is 733207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khochabari covers 165.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khochabari falls under Chopra tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Khochabari is Dhumdangi, about 12 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khochabari.

Khochabari is about 77 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khochabari is in Chopra tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Dhumdangi is about 12 km away. Chopra is about 15 km away. Siliguri is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Uttar Atharkhai (under 2 km), Dakshin Atharkhai (1.5 km) and Paschim Atharikhai (1.5 km).

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

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