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About Khairi Village

Khairi is a mid sized village in Maudaha tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,377, made up of 736 males and 641 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 407.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 210507, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khairi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khairi village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Hamirpur
Tehsil Maudaha
Pincode 210507
Area (hectares) 407.04 hectares
Population 1,377
Male Population 736
Female Population 641
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 871
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khairi compares

By the 2011 count Khairi is the 86th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,090 residents. Its 407.04 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 859.

Getting to Khairi

Khairi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Khairi as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Khairi from other places

Khairi lies about 20 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 27 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
Tehsil headquarters Maudaha 20 km
District headquarters Hamirpur 20 km
Nearest railway station Jawalamukhi Road 27 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 46 km

Villages closest to Khairi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Maudaha 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 1,377. That makes it the 86th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,090 residents.

Khairi village has 736 males and 641 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khairi has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 859.

The pincode recorded for Khairi is 210507. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khairi covers 407.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khairi falls under Maudaha tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khairi is Jawalamukhi Road, about 27 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khairi.

Khairi is about 20 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khairi is in Maudaha tehsil of Hamirpur district. Maudaha is about 20 km away. Hamirpur is about 20 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khair (under 2 km), Kandhouli (1.5 km) and Bharkhri (2.4 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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