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About Khairgawhan Village

Khairgawhan is a small village in Gangapur tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 334, made up of 187 males and 147 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 786 females per 1000 males. The village covers 855.12 hectares hectares.

Khairgawhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khairgawhan village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Aurangabad
Tehsil Gangapur
Area (hectares) 855.12 hectares
Population 334
Male Population 187
Female Population 147
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 786
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khairgawhan compares

By the 2011 count Khairgawhan is the 178th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,228 residents. Its 855.12 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 929.

Getting to Khairgawhan

Khairgawhan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khairgawhan as Available within <5 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khairgawhan from other places

Khairgawhan lies about 98 km from Aurangabad, and the nearest railway station is Durgauti, about 18 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 Khairgawhan
Tehsil headquarters Gangapur 1.8 km
Nearest town Bhabhua 15 km
Nearest railway station Durgauti 18 km
District headquarters Aurangabad 98 km

Villages closest to Khairgawhan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khairgawhan village had a population of 334. That makes it the 178th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,228 residents.

Khairgawhan village has 187 males and 147 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khairgawhan has about 786 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Khairgawhan covers 855.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khairgawhan falls under Gangapur tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khairgawhan is Durgauti, about 18 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khairgawhan.

Khairgawhan is about 98 km from Aurangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khairgawhan is in Gangapur tehsil of Aurangabad district. Gangapur is about 1.8 km away. Bhabhua is about 15 km away. Durgauti is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gangapur (1.8 km), Nandeda (2.3 km) and Ismailpur (4.1 km).

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

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