About Khirkia Village

Khirkia is a mid sized village in Dariapur tehsil, in the district of Saran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,821, made up of 915 males and 906 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 90 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 841222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khirkia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khirkia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Saran
Tehsil	Dariapur
Pincode	841222
Area (hectares)	90 hectares
Population	1,821
Male Population	915
Female Population	906
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	990
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 Khirkia compares

By the 2011 count Khirkia is the 52nd largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,956 residents. Its 90 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Khirkia

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

Khirkia lies about 89 km from Saran, and the nearest railway station is Jehanabad, about 22 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 Khirkia
Nearest town	Arwal	12 km
Nearest railway station	Jehanabad	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dariapur	31 km
District headquarters	Saran	89 km

Villages closest to Khirkia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khirkia village had a population of 1,821. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,956 residents.

Khirkia village has 915 males and 906 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khirkia has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Khirkia is 841222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khirkia covers 90 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Khirkia falls under Dariapur tehsil of Saran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khirkia is Jehanabad, about 22 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 Khirkia.

Khirkia is about 89 km from Saran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khirkia is in Dariapur tehsil of Saran district. Arwal is about 12 km away. Jehanabad is about 22 km away. Dariapur is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.