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About Khiriya Village

Khiriya is a mid sized village in Rath tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,041, made up of 547 males and 494 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 903 females per 1000 males. The village covers 677.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 210431, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khiriya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khiriya village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Hamirpur
Tehsil Rath
Pincode 210431
Area (hectares) 677.9 hectares
Population 1,041
Male Population 547
Female Population 494
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 903
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Khiriya compares

By the 2011 count Khiriya is the 58th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,494 residents. Its 677.9 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 874.

Getting to Khiriya

Khiriya 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 Khiriya as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. The nearest villages by name are Kaswa Khera, Khadron, Kharakhar and Kharehata Khurd. 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 Khiriya

As per the Census of India 2011, Khiriya village had a population of 1,041. That makes it the 58th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,494 residents.

Khiriya village has 547 males and 494 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khiriya has about 903 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 874.

The pincode recorded for Khiriya is 210431. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khiriya covers 677.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khiriya falls under Rath tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Khiriya notes the nearest railway station as Available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Khiriya.

Khiriya is in Rath tehsil of Hamirpur 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 Khiriya today is likely to be higher.

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