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About Khiriya Dewat Village

Khiriya Dewat is a large village in Isagarh tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,136, made up of 1,111 males and 1,025 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1195 hectares hectares.

Khiriya Dewat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khiriya Dewat village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ashoknagar
Tehsil Isagarh
Area (hectares) 1195 hectares
Population 2,136
Male Population 1,111
Female Population 1,025
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 923
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 Khiriya Dewat compares

By the 2011 count Khiriya Dewat is the 13th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 1195 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Khiriya Dewat

Khiriya Dewat is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khiriya Dewat 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 Khiriya Dewat from other places

Khiriya Dewat lies about 24 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Ashok Nagar, about 24 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 Khiriya Dewat
Tehsil headquarters Isagarh 13 km
Nearest railway station Ashok Nagar 24 km
District headquarters Ashoknagar 24 km

Villages closest to Khiriya Dewat

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Isagarh 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 Khiriya Dewat

As per the Census of India 2011, Khiriya Dewat village had a population of 2,136. That makes it the 13th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Khiriya Dewat village has 1,111 males and 1,025 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khiriya Dewat has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 913.

Khiriya Dewat covers 1195 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khiriya Dewat falls under Isagarh tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khiriya Dewat is Ashok Nagar, about 24 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 Khiriya Dewat.

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

Khiriya Dewat is in Isagarh tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Isagarh is about 13 km away. Ashok Nagar is about 24 km away. Ashoknagar is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Belkhedi (1.6 km), Rusalli (2.4 km) and Dahela (3.6 km).

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

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