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About Khairwahi Village

Khairwahi is a mid sized village in Charama tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 738, made up of 357 males and 381 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,067 females per 1000 males. The village covers 723.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494337, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khairwahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khairwahi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Charama
Pincode 494337
Area (hectares) 723.85 hectares
Population 738
Male Population 357
Female Population 381
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,067
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khairwahi compares

By the 2011 count Khairwahi is the 64th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 997 residents. Its 723.85 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Khairwahi

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

Khairwahi lies about 18 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Gudum, about 22 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 Khairwahi
Tehsil headquarters Charama 12 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 18 km
Nearest railway station Gudum 22 km
Nearest town Kānker 26 km

Villages closest to Khairwahi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khairwahi village had a population of 738. That makes it the 64th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 997 residents.

Khairwahi village has 357 males and 381 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khairwahi has about 1067 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Khairwahi is 494337. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khairwahi covers 723.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khairwahi falls under Charama tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khairwahi is Gudum, about 22 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 Khairwahi.

Khairwahi is about 18 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khairwahi is in Charama tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Charama is about 12 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 18 km away. Gudum is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mayana (under 2 km), Katagaon (2.8 km) and Jawartara (3.7 km).

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

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