About Khiriawan Village

Khiriawan is a mid sized village in Wazirganj tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,920, made up of 1,010 males and 910 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 901 females per 1000 males. The village covers 331 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 805131, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khiriawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khiriawan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Wazirganj
Pincode	805131
Area (hectares)	331 hectares
Population	1,920
Male Population	1,010
Female Population	910
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	901
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 Khiriawan compares

By the 2011 count Khiriawan is the 32nd largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,607 residents. Its 331 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Khiriawan

Khiriawan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khiriawan 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 Khiriawan from other places

Khiriawan 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 Khiriawan
Nearest town	Bodh Gaya	5.1 km
Nearest railway station	Bandhua	6.1 km
District headquarters	Gaya	6.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Wazirganj	24 km

Villages closest to Khiriawan

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 Khiriawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Khiriawan village had a population of 1,920. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,607 residents.

Khiriawan village has 1,010 males and 910 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khiriawan has about 901 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 952.

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

Khiriawan covers 331 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khiriawan falls under Wazirganj tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khiriawan 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 5 - 10 km distance for Khiriawan.

Khiriawan 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.

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