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About Khairi Village

Khairi is a mid sized village in Nawagarh tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,051, made up of 498 males and 553 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,110 females per 1000 males. The village covers 387.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493885, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khairi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khairi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Nawagarh
Pincode 493885
Area (hectares) 387.22 hectares
Population 1,051
Male Population 498
Female Population 553
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,110
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 64th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 985 residents. Its 387.22 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 994.

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 84 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Hathbandh, about 35 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 Nawagarh 3.3 km
Nearest town Bemetāra 20 km
Nearest railway station Hathbandh 35 km
District headquarters Durg 84 km

Villages closest to Khairi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nawagarh 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 1,051. That makes it the 64th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 985 residents.

Khairi village has 498 males and 553 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khairi has about 1110 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Khairi is 493885. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khairi covers 387.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khairi falls under Nawagarh tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khairi is Hathbandh, about 35 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 84 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khairi is in Nawagarh tehsil of Durg district. Nawagarh is about 3.3 km away. Bemetāra is about 20 km away. Hathbandh is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nandal (under 2 km), Chherkapur (under 2 km) and Khapri (1.7 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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