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About Khairi Village

Khairi is a small village in Pathariya tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 457, made up of 218 males and 239 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,096 females per 1000 males. The village covers 263.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495335, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khairi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khairi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Pathariya
Pincode 495335
Area (hectares) 263.99 hectares
Population 457
Male Population 218
Female Population 239
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,096
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khairi compares

By the 2011 count Khairi is the 120th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents. Its 263.99 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Khairi

Khairi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khairi as Available. 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 Khairi from other places

Khairi lies about 37 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Belha, about 30 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 Khairi
Tehsil headquarters Pathariya 4.0 km
Nearest town Mungeli 12 km
Nearest railway station Belha 30 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 37 km

Villages closest to Khairi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khairi village had a population of 457. That makes it the 120th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents.

Khairi village has 218 males and 239 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khairi has about 1096 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Khairi is 495335. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khairi covers 263.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khairi falls under Pathariya tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khairi is Belha, about 30 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 and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khairi.

Khairi is about 37 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khairi is in Pathariya tehsil of Bilaspur district. Pathariya is about 4.0 km away. Mungeli is about 12 km away. Belha is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kapua (under 2 km), Jagatakapa (2.1 km) and Jhagarkapa (2.1 km).

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

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