About Khirjan Village

Khirjan is a mid sized village in Goradih tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 531, made up of 289 males and 242 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 837 females per 1000 males. The village covers 123 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 813105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khirjan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khirjan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhagalpur
Tehsil	Goradih
Pincode	813105
Area (hectares)	123 hectares
Population	531
Male Population	289
Female Population	242
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	837
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khirjan compares

By the 2011 count Khirjan is the 60th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,805 residents. Its 123 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Khirjan

Khirjan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Khirjan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Khirjan from other places

Khirjan lies about 21 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Ghogha, about 9.8 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 Khirjan
Tehsil headquarters	Goradih	8.0 km
Nearest railway station	Ghogha	9.8 km
Nearest town	Purāini	15 km
District headquarters	Bhagalpur	21 km

Villages closest to Khirjan

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

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Common questions about Khirjan

As per the Census of India 2011, Khirjan village had a population of 531. That makes it the 60th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,805 residents.

Khirjan village has 289 males and 242 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khirjan has about 837 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

The pincode recorded for Khirjan is 813105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khirjan covers 123 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khirjan falls under Goradih tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khirjan is Ghogha, about 9.8 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 10+ km distance for Khirjan.

Khirjan is about 21 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khirjan is in Goradih tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Goradih is about 8.0 km away. Ghogha is about 9.8 km away. Purāini is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.