About Khairi Village

Khairi is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 63, made up of 28 males and 35 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,250 females per 1000 males. The village covers 26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171103, 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	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171103
Area (hectares)	26 hectares
Population	63
Male Population	28
Female Population	35
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,250
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khairi compares

By the 2011 count Khairi is the 334th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 26 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Khairi

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

Khairi lies about 19 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Kathleeghat, about 8.5 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
Nearest railway station	Kathleeghat	8.5 km
Nearest town	Solan	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	19 km
District headquarters	Shimla	19 km

Villages closest to Khairi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shimla Rural 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 Khairi

As per the Census of India 2011, Khairi village had a population of 63. That makes it the 334th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Khairi village has 28 males and 35 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khairi has about 1250 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Khairi is 171103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khairi covers 26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khairi falls under Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khairi is Kathleeghat, about 8.5 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 village for Khairi.

Khairi is about 19 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khairi is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Kathleeghat is about 8.5 km away. Solan is about 12 km away. Shimla Rural is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.