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About Khairwa Village

Khairwa is a mid sized village in Borio tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,067, made up of 523 males and 544 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,040 females per 1000 males. The village covers 267 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khairwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khairwa village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Borio
Pincode 816120
Area (hectares) 267 hectares
Population 1,067
Male Population 523
Female Population 544
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,040
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khairwa compares

By the 2011 count Khairwa is the 17th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 341 residents. Its 267 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Khairwa

Khairwa is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khairwa as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Khairwa from other places

Khairwa lies about 24 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Kalian Chak, about 13 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 Borio 2.0 km
Nearest railway station Kalian Chak 13 km
Nearest town Rājmahal 22 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 24 km

Villages closest to Khairwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khairwa village had a population of 1,067. That makes it the 17th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 341 residents.

Khairwa village has 523 males and 544 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khairwa has about 1040 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Khairwa is 816120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khairwa covers 267 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khairwa falls under Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khairwa is Kalian Chak, about 13 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khairwa.

Khairwa is about 24 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khairwa is in Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district. Borio is about 2.0 km away. Kalian Chak is about 13 km away. Rājmahal is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Harinchora (under 2 km), Rampur Bansjori (under 2 km) and Murgabani (1.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Khairwa today is likely to be higher.

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