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About Khirnia Village

Khirnia is a large village in Chautham tehsil, in the district of Khagaria, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,037, made up of 1,617 males and 1,420 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 193 hectares hectares.

Khirnia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khirnia village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Khagaria
Tehsil Chautham
Area (hectares) 193 hectares
Population 3,037
Male Population 1,617
Female Population 1,420
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 878
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khirnia compares

By the 2011 count Khirnia is the 17th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 5,494 residents. Its 193 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 890.

Getting to Khirnia

Khirnia is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khirnia as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Khirnia from other places

Khirnia lies about 13 km from Khagaria, and the nearest railway station is Badla Ghat, about under 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 Khirnia
Nearest railway station Badla Ghat under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Chautham 7.8 km
District headquarters Khagaria 13 km

Villages closest to Khirnia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khirnia village had a population of 3,037. That makes it the 17th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,494 residents.

Khirnia village has 1,617 males and 1,420 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khirnia has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 890.

Khirnia covers 193 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Khirnia falls under Chautham tehsil of Khagaria district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khirnia is Badla Ghat, about under 2 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khirnia.

Khirnia is about 13 km from Khagaria in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khirnia is in Chautham tehsil of Khagaria district. Badla Ghat is about under 2 km away. Chautham is about 7.8 km away. Khagaria is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dighri (2.1 km), Hardia (2.2 km) and Bal Kunda (3.0 km).

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

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