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About Khirkhiri Village

Khirkhiri is a mid sized village in Nainpur tehsil, in the district of Mandla, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,203, made up of 596 males and 607 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 572.37 hectares hectares.

Khirkhiri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khirkhiri village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Mandla
Tehsil Nainpur
Area (hectares) 572.37 hectares
Population 1,203
Male Population 596
Female Population 607
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,018
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khirkhiri compares

By the 2011 count Khirkhiri is the 28th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 834 residents. Its 572.37 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1021.

Getting to Khirkhiri

Khirkhiri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khirkhiri 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 Khirkhiri from other places

Khirkhiri lies about 32 km from Mandla, and the nearest railway station is Pindrai, about 2.9 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 Khirkhiri
Nearest railway station Pindrai 2.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Nainpur 10 km
District headquarters Mandla 32 km

Villages closest to Khirkhiri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khirkhiri village had a population of 1,203. That makes it the 28th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 834 residents.

Khirkhiri village has 596 males and 607 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khirkhiri has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1021.

Khirkhiri covers 572.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khirkhiri falls under Nainpur tehsil of Mandla district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khirkhiri is Pindrai, about 2.9 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 Khirkhiri.

Khirkhiri is about 32 km from Mandla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khirkhiri is in Nainpur tehsil of Mandla district. Pindrai is about 2.9 km away. Nainpur is about 10 km away. Mandla is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tumegaon (1.9 km), Chhatarwada (2.1 km) and Tuiyapani (2.2 km).

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

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