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About Khairgaon Village

Khairgaon is a mid sized village in Lalbarra tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 972, made up of 487 males and 485 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 996 females per 1000 males. The village covers 428.16 hectares hectares.

Khairgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khairgaon village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Lalbarra
Area (hectares) 428.16 hectares
Population 972
Male Population 487
Female Population 485
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 996
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khairgaon compares

By the 2011 count Khairgaon is the 67th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,485 residents. Its 428.16 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Khairgaon

Khairgaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khairgaon 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khairgaon from other places

Khairgaon lies about 11 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Kanhad Gaon, about 6.1 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 Khairgaon
Nearest railway station Kanhad Gaon 6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Lalbarra 11 km
District headquarters Balaghat 11 km
Nearest town Bālāghāt 11 km

Villages closest to Khairgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khairgaon village had a population of 972. That makes it the 67th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,485 residents.

Khairgaon village has 487 males and 485 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khairgaon has about 996 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1020.

Khairgaon covers 428.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khairgaon falls under Lalbarra tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khairgaon is Kanhad Gaon, about 6.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Khairgaon.

Khairgaon is about 11 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khairgaon is in Lalbarra tehsil of Balaghat district. Kanhad Gaon is about 6.1 km away. Lalbarra is about 11 km away. Balaghat is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lohara (2.6 km), Sihora (3.7 km) and Bori (4.9 km).

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

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