About Khairwa Village

Khairwa is a mid sized village in Ketar tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 854, made up of 450 males and 404 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 531.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khairwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khairwa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Ketar
Pincode	822112
Area (hectares)	531.68 hectares
Population	854
Male Population	450
Female Population	404
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	898
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khairwa compares

By the 2011 count Khairwa is the 24th largest of the 31 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,639 residents. Its 531.68 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Khairwa

Khairwa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khairwa as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Khairwa from other places

Khairwa lies about 43 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Nagar Untari, about 26 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 Khairwa
Tehsil headquarters	Ketar	6.9 km
Nearest railway station	Nagar Untari	26 km
Nearest town	Husainābād	39 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	43 km

Villages closest to Khairwa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ketar 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 Khairwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Khairwa village had a population of 854. That makes it the 24th largest of the 31 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,639 residents.

Khairwa village has 450 males and 404 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khairwa has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Khairwa is 822112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khairwa covers 531.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khairwa falls under Ketar tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khairwa is Nagar Untari, about 26 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khairwa.

Khairwa is about 43 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khairwa is in Ketar tehsil of Garhwa district. Ketar is about 6.9 km away. Nagar Untari is about 26 km away. Husainābād is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.