About Khirai Village

Khirai is a mid sized village in Rapar tehsil, in the district of Kachchh, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,031, made up of 477 males and 554 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,161 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1357.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 370165, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khirai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khirai village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Kachchh
Tehsil	Rapar
Pincode	370165
Area (hectares)	1357.07 hectares
Population	1,031
Male Population	477
Female Population	554
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,161
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khirai compares

By the 2011 count Khirai is the 61st largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,948 residents. Its 1357.07 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 956.

Getting to Khirai

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

Khirai lies about 98 km from Kachchh, and the nearest railway station is Chitrod, about 3.4 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 Khirai
Nearest railway station	Chitrod	3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rapar	12 km
Nearest town	Rāpar	12 km
District headquarters	Kachchh	98 km

Villages closest to Khirai

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

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Common questions about Khirai

As per the Census of India 2011, Khirai village had a population of 1,031. That makes it the 61st largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,948 residents.

Khirai village has 477 males and 554 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khirai has about 1161 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Khirai is 370165. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khirai covers 1357.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khirai falls under Rapar tehsil of Kachchh district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Khirai is Chitrod, about 3.4 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 within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khirai.

Khirai is about 98 km from Kachchh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khirai is in Rapar tehsil of Kachchh district. Chitrod is about 3.4 km away. Rapar is about 12 km away. Rāpar is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.