About Khairwa Village

Khairwa is one of the larger villages in Narkatia tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,533, made up of 2,828 males and 2,705 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 254.1 hectares hectares.

Khairwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khairwa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Narkatia
Area (hectares)	254.1 hectares
Population	5,533
Male Population	2,828
Female Population	2,705
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	957
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khairwa compares

By the 2011 count Khairwa is the 11th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 3,453 residents. Its 254.1 hectares work out to about 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 890.

Getting to Khairwa

Khairwa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khairwa 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 5 - 10 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 47 km from Purba 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
Tehsil headquarters	Narkatia	29 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	47 km

Villages closest to Khairwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khairwa village had a population of 5,533. That makes it the 11th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,453 residents.

Khairwa village has 2,828 males and 2,705 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khairwa has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 890.

Khairwa covers 254.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Khairwa falls under Narkatia tehsil of Purba 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 - 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 Khairwa.

Khairwa is about 47 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khairwa is in Narkatia tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Prajapati is about 10 km away. Bettiah is about 11 km away. Narkatia is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.