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About Khirka Village

Khirka is a mid sized village in Indergarh tehsil, in the district of Datia, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 788, made up of 426 males and 362 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 850 females per 1000 males. The village covers 237 hectares hectares.

Khirka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khirka village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Datia
Tehsil Indergarh
Area (hectares) 237 hectares
Population 788
Male Population 426
Female Population 362
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 850
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khirka compares

By the 2011 count Khirka is the 58th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,109 residents. Its 237 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 859.

Getting to Khirka

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

Khirka lies about 19 km from Datia, and the nearest railway station is Kotra, about 7.9 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 Khirka
Nearest railway station Kotra 7.9 km
Nearest town Dabra 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Indergarh 19 km
District headquarters Datia 19 km

Villages closest to Khirka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khirka village had a population of 788. That makes it the 58th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,109 residents.

Khirka village has 426 males and 362 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khirka has about 850 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 859.

Khirka covers 237 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khirka falls under Indergarh tehsil of Datia district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khirka is Kotra, about 7.9 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khirka.

Khirka is about 19 km from Datia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khirka is in Indergarh tehsil of Datia district. Kotra is about 7.9 km away. Dabra is about 13 km away. Indergarh is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Silori (under 2 km), Khajoori (3.1 km) and Bhadona (3.1 km).

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

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