About Khiriyawan Village

Khiriyawan is a large village in Gaya Town C D Block tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,839, made up of 1,503 males and 1,336 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 280 hectares hectares.

Khiriyawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khiriyawan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Gaya Town C D Block
Area (hectares)	280 hectares
Population	2,839
Male Population	1,503
Female Population	1,336
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	889
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khiriyawan compares

By the 2011 count Khiriyawan is the 19th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,049 residents. Its 280 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Khiriyawan

Khiriyawan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khiriyawan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Khiriyawan from other places

Khiriyawan lies about 6.3 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Bandhua, about 6.1 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 Khiriyawan
Nearest town	Bodh Gaya	5.1 km
Nearest railway station	Bandhua	6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gaya Town C D Block	6.3 km
District headquarters	Gaya	6.3 km

Villages closest to Khiriyawan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gaya Town C D Block 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 Khiriyawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Khiriyawan village had a population of 2,839. That makes it the 19th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,049 residents.

Khiriyawan village has 1,503 males and 1,336 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khiriyawan has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

Khiriyawan covers 280 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khiriyawan falls under Gaya Town C D Block tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khiriyawan is Bandhua, about 6.1 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 village for Khiriyawan.

Khiriyawan is about 6.3 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khiriyawan is in Gaya Town C D Block tehsil of Gaya district. Bodh Gaya is about 5.1 km away. Bandhua is about 6.1 km away. Gaya Town C D Block is about 6.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.