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About Khairwa Village

Khairwa is a small village in Narkatiaganj tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 497, made up of 267 males and 230 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 148.13 hectares hectares.

Khairwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khairwa village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil Narkatiaganj
Area (hectares) 148.13 hectares
Population 497
Male Population 267
Female Population 230
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 861
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khairwa compares

By the 2011 count Khairwa is the 116th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,279 residents. Its 148.13 hectares work out to about 3.4 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 916.

Getting to Khairwa

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

How far is Khairwa from other places

Khairwa lies about 16 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Prajapati, about 10 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 Khairwa
Nearest railway station Prajapati 10 km
Nearest town Bettiah 11 km
District headquarters Pashchim Champaran 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Narkatiaganj 29 km

Villages closest to Khairwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khairwa village had a population of 497. That makes it the 116th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,279 residents.

Khairwa village has 267 males and 230 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khairwa has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 916.

Khairwa covers 148.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khairwa falls under Narkatiaganj tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khairwa is Prajapati, about 10 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khairwa.

Khairwa is about 16 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khairwa is in Narkatiaganj tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Prajapati is about 10 km away. Bettiah is about 11 km away. Pashchim Champaran is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Baswaria (14 km), Bisambharapur (17 km) and Gobardhana (20 km).

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

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