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About Khirai Village

Khirai is a mid sized village in Maliya tehsil, in the district of Rajkot, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,029, made up of 522 males and 507 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 971 females per 1000 males. The village covers 953.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 363670, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khirai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khirai village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Rajkot
Tehsil Maliya
Pincode 363670
Area (hectares) 953.24 hectares
Population 1,029
Male Population 522
Female Population 507
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 971
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khirai compares

By the 2011 count Khirai is the 24th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,426 residents. Its 953.24 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Khirai

Khirai is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Khirai as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Haripar, Jajasar, Jasapar and Kajarda. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Khirai

As per the Census of India 2011, Khirai village had a population of 1,029. That makes it the 24th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,426 residents.

Khirai village has 522 males and 507 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khirai has about 971 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Khirai is 363670. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khirai covers 953.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khirai falls under Maliya tehsil of Rajkot district in Gujarat.

The census record for Khirai notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khirai.

Khirai is in Maliya tehsil of Rajkot district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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