About Khirwa Village

Khirwa is a mid sized village in Murwara tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 940, made up of 501 males and 439 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 292.16 hectares hectares.

Khirwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khirwa village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Murwara
Area (hectares)	292.16 hectares
Population	940
Male Population	501
Female Population	439
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	876
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khirwa compares

By the 2011 count Khirwa is the 58th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,275 residents. Its 292.16 hectares work out to about 3.2 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 Khirwa

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

Khirwa lies about 6.3 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is New Katni Junction, about 2.2 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 Khirwa
Nearest railway station	New Katni Junction	2.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Murwara	6.3 km
District headquarters	Katni	6.3 km
Nearest town	Murwāra	6.3 km

Villages closest to Khirwa

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.

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Common questions about Khirwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Khirwa village had a population of 940. That makes it the 58th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,275 residents.

Khirwa village has 501 males and 439 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khirwa has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

Khirwa covers 292.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Khirwa is New Katni Junction, about 2.2 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khirwa.

Khirwa is about 6.3 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khirwa is in Murwara tehsil of Katni district. New Katni Junction is about 2.2 km away. Murwara is about 6.3 km away. Katni is about 6.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.