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About Khiri Village

Khiri is a mid sized village in Ichagarh tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 622, made up of 324 males and 298 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 134 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832403, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khiri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khiri village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil Ichagarh
Pincode 832403
Area (hectares) 134 hectares
Population 622
Male Population 324
Female Population 298
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 920
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khiri compares

By the 2011 count Khiri is the 59th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 774 residents. Its 134 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Khiri

The census records public bus service for Khiri as Available within 10+ 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khiri from other places

Khiri lies about 30 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Tiraldih, about 2.5 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 Khiri
Nearest railway station Tiraldih 2.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Ichagarh 8.2 km
District headquarters Saraikela Kharsawan 30 km
Nearest town Balarāmpur 31 km

Villages closest to Khiri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khiri village had a population of 622. That makes it the 59th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 774 residents.

Khiri village has 324 males and 298 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khiri has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Khiri is 832403. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khiri covers 134 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khiri falls under Ichagarh tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khiri is Tiraldih, about 2.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khiri.

Khiri is about 30 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khiri is in Ichagarh tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Tiraldih is about 2.5 km away. Ichagarh is about 8.2 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gobindpur (under 2 km), Bamundih (under 2 km) and Harat (under 2 km).

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

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