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About Khirhani Village

Khirhani is a mid sized village in Murwara tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 672, made up of 355 males and 317 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 217.89 hectares hectares.

Khirhani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khirhani village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Katni
Tehsil Murwara
Area (hectares) 217.89 hectares
Population 672
Male Population 355
Female Population 317
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 893
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khirhani compares

By the 2011 count Khirhani is the 78th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,275 residents. Its 217.89 hectares work out to about 3.1 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 954.

Getting to Khirhani

Khirhani is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khirhani as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Khirhani from other places

Khirhani lies about 2.5 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Katni Junction, about 2.0 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 Katni Junction 2.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Murwara 2.5 km
District headquarters Katni 2.5 km
Nearest town Murwāra 2.5 km

Villages closest to Khirhani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khirhani village had a population of 672. That makes it the 78th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,275 residents.

Khirhani village has 355 males and 317 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khirhani has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

Khirhani covers 217.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Khirhani is Katni Junction, about 2.0 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khirhani.

Khirhani is about 2.5 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 Murwara tehsil of Katni district. Katni Junction is about 2.0 km away. Murwara is about 2.5 km away. Katni is about 2.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghatkhirwa (3.3 km), Imaliya (4.1 km) and Matwar Padariya (4.3 km).

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

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