About Khiri Village

Khiri is a mid sized village in Wazirganj tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 820, made up of 403 males and 417 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,035 females per 1000 males. The village covers 159 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 805131, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khiri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khiri village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Wazirganj
Pincode	805131
Area (hectares)	159 hectares
Population	820
Male Population	403
Female Population	417
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,035
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khiri compares

By the 2011 count Khiri is the 88th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,607 residents. Its 159 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Khiri

Khiri is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khiri as Available within 5 - 10 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khiri from other places

Khiri lies about 37 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Jethian, about 3.2 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 Khiri
Nearest railway station	Jethian	3.2 km
Nearest town	Rājgīr	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Wazirganj	19 km
District headquarters	Gaya	37 km

Villages closest to Khiri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khiri village had a population of 820. That makes it the 88th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,607 residents.

Khiri village has 403 males and 417 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khiri has about 1035 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 952.

The pincode recorded for Khiri is 805131. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khiri covers 159 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khiri falls under Wazirganj tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khiri is Jethian, about 3.2 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 5 - 10 km distance for Khiri.

Khiri is about 37 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khiri is in Wazirganj tehsil of Gaya district. Jethian is about 3.2 km away. Rājgīr is about 12 km away. Wazirganj is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.