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About Khairi Village

Khairi is a mid sized village in Nahan tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 971, made up of 548 males and 423 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 772 females per 1000 males. The village covers 211.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173001, 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 Sirmaur
Tehsil Nahan
Pincode 173001
Area (hectares) 211.24 hectares
Population 971
Male Population 548
Female Population 423
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 772
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 15th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 404 residents. Its 211.24 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

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 29 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Ghagghar, about 35 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 town Naraingarh 8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Nahan 9.9 km
District headquarters Sirmaur 29 km
Nearest railway station Ghagghar 35 km

Villages closest to Khairi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nahan 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 971. That makes it the 15th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 404 residents.

Khairi village has 548 males and 423 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khairi has about 772 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Khairi is 173001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khairi covers 211.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khairi falls under Nahan tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khairi is Ghagghar, about 35 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 29 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khairi is in Nahan tehsil of Sirmaur district. Naraingarh is about 8.6 km away. Nahan is about 9.9 km away. Sirmaur is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Johron (under 2 km), Bhudara (under 2 km) and Trilokpur (1.9 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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