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About Khairi Village

Khairi is a mid sized village in Takhatpur tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,531, made up of 757 males and 774 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 611.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495002, 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 Takhatpur
Pincode 495002
Area (hectares) 611.73 hectares
Population 1,531
Male Population 757
Female Population 774
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,022
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khairi compares

By the 2011 count Khairi is the 60th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,435 residents. Its 611.73 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 976.

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 village. 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 21 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Ghutku, about 16 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 Takhatpur 9.5 km
Nearest railway station Ghutku 16 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 21 km
Nearest town Bilāspur 21 km

Villages closest to Khairi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Takhatpur 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 1,531. That makes it the 60th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,435 residents.

Khairi village has 757 males and 774 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khairi has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 976.

The pincode recorded for Khairi is 495002. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khairi covers 611.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khairi falls under Takhatpur tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khairi is Ghutku, about 16 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 village for Khairi.

Khairi is about 21 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 Takhatpur tehsil of Bilaspur district. Takhatpur is about 9.5 km away. Ghutku is about 16 km away. Bilaspur is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Girdhauna (under 2 km), Mochh (2.0 km) and Chitawar (2.5 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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