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About Khirki Village

Khirki is a mid sized village in Bharatpur tehsil, in the district of Koriya, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 570, made up of 295 males and 275 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 359.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497778, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khirki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khirki village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Koriya
Tehsil Bharatpur
Pincode 497778
Area (hectares) 359.37 hectares
Population 570
Male Population 295
Female Population 275
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 932
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khirki compares

By the 2011 count Khirki is the 56th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 512 residents. Its 359.37 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Khirki

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

Khirki lies about 154 km from Koriya, 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 Khirki
Nearest town Mungeli 12 km
Nearest railway station Belha 30 km
Tehsil headquarters Bharatpur 33 km
District headquarters Koriya 154 km

Villages closest to Khirki

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khirki village had a population of 570. That makes it the 56th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 512 residents.

Khirki village has 295 males and 275 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khirki has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Khirki is 497778. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khirki covers 359.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khirki falls under Bharatpur tehsil of Koriya district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khirki 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 Khirki.

Khirki is about 154 km from Koriya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khirki is in Bharatpur tehsil of Koriya district. Mungeli is about 12 km away. Belha is about 30 km away. Bharatpur is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barchha (5.3 km), Balauda (7.3 km) and Ramgarh (11 km).

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

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