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About Khudan Village

Khudan is a mid sized village in Goalpokhar II tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,184, made up of 623 males and 561 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 216.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khudan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khudan village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil Goalpokhar II
Pincode 733201
Area (hectares) 216.91 hectares
Population 1,184
Male Population 623
Female Population 561
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 900
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khudan compares

By the 2011 count Khudan is the 95th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,723 residents. Its 216.91 hectares work out to about 5.5 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 938.

Getting to Khudan

Khudan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khudan as Available within 10+ 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khudan from other places

Khudan lies about 1.9 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Surja Kama, about 9.9 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 Khudan
Tehsil headquarters Goalpokhar II 1.9 km
District headquarters Uttar Dinajpur 1.9 km
Nearest railway station Surja Kama 9.9 km
Nearest town Kishanganj 19 km

Villages closest to Khudan

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 Khudan

As per the Census of India 2011, Khudan village had a population of 1,184. That makes it the 95th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,723 residents.

Khudan village has 623 males and 561 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khudan has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Khudan is 733201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khudan covers 216.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Khudan is Surja Kama, about 9.9 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khudan.

Khudan is about 1.9 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khudan is in Goalpokhar II tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Goalpokhar II is about 1.9 km away. Uttar Dinajpur is about 1.9 km away. Surja Kama 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 Bara Shikarpur (under 2 km), Chota Shikarpur (under 2 km) and Laucha (under 2 km).

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

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