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About Khairi Village

Khairi is a small village in Ambagarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 243, made up of 109 males and 134 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,229 females per 1000 males. The village covers 378.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491668, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khairi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khairi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Ambagarh
Pincode 491668
Area (hectares) 378.36 hectares
Population 243
Male Population 109
Female Population 134
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,229
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khairi compares

By the 2011 count Khairi is the 130th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 657 residents. Its 378.36 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 1057.

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 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 12 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bakal, about 6.8 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
Nearest railway station Bakal 6.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Ambagarh 12 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 12 km
Nearest town Rāj-Nāndgaon 12 km

Villages closest to Khairi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ambagarh 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 243. That makes it the 130th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 657 residents.

Khairi village has 109 males and 134 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khairi has about 1229 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1057.

The pincode recorded for Khairi is 491668. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khairi covers 378.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khairi falls under Ambagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khairi is Bakal, about 6.8 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 km distance for Khairi.

Khairi is about 12 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khairi is in Ambagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Bakal is about 6.8 km away. Ambagarh is about 12 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghorda (4.7 km), Jhitiya (6.5 km) and Kotra (7.4 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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