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About Khoksa Village

Khoksa is a small village in Goalpokhar II tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 187, made up of 102 males and 85 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 109.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khoksa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khoksa village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil Goalpokhar II
Pincode 733209
Area (hectares) 109.27 hectares
Population 187
Male Population 102
Female Population 85
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 833
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khoksa compares

By the 2011 count Khoksa is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,723 residents. Its 109.27 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 938.

Getting to Khoksa

The census records public bus service for Khoksa as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khoksa from other places

Khoksa lies about 9.9 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Kanki, about 3.7 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 Khoksa
Nearest railway station Kanki 3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Goalpokhar II 9.9 km
District headquarters Uttar Dinajpur 9.9 km
Nearest town Kishanganj 17 km

Villages closest to Khoksa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Goalpokhar II 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 Khoksa

As per the Census of India 2011, Khoksa village had a population of 187. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,723 residents.

Khoksa village has 102 males and 85 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khoksa has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Khoksa is 733209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khoksa covers 109.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khoksa falls under Goalpokhar II tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Khoksa is Kanki, about 3.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khoksa.

Khoksa is about 9.9 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khoksa is in Goalpokhar II tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Kanki is about 3.7 km away. Goalpokhar II is about 9.9 km away. Uttar Dinajpur is about 9.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amra (under 2 km), Bhagalpur (under 2 km) and Majlispur (under 2 km).

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

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