About Khirhani Village

Khirhani is a large village in Bahoriband tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,458, made up of 1,296 males and 1,162 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 558.28 hectares hectares.

Khirhani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khirhani village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Bahoriband
Area (hectares)	558.28 hectares
Population	2,458
Male Population	1,296
Female Population	1,162
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khirhani compares

By the 2011 count Khirhani is the 16th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents. Its 558.28 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Khirhani

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

Khirhani lies about 48 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Dundi, about 16 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 Khirhani
Nearest railway station	Dundi	16 km
Nearest town	Sihorā	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bahoriband	34 km
District headquarters	Katni	48 km

Villages closest to Khirhani

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

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Common questions about Khirhani

As per the Census of India 2011, Khirhani village had a population of 2,458. That makes it the 16th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents.

Khirhani village has 1,296 males and 1,162 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khirhani has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 964.

Khirhani covers 558.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khirhani falls under Bahoriband tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khirhani is Dundi, about 16 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khirhani.

Khirhani is about 48 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khirhani is in Bahoriband tehsil of Katni district. Dundi is about 16 km away. Sihorā is about 18 km away. Bahoriband is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.