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About Khiriya Shankar Village

Khiriya Shankar is a mid sized village in Malthon tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 517, made up of 275 males and 242 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 151.48 hectares hectares.

Khiriya Shankar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khiriya Shankar village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Malthon
Area (hectares) 151.48 hectares
Population 517
Male Population 275
Female Population 242
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 880
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khiriya Shankar compares

By the 2011 count Khiriya Shankar is the 104th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 866 residents. Its 151.48 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 895.

Getting to Khiriya Shankar

Khiriya Shankar is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khiriya Shankar as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Khiriya Shankar from other places

Khiriya Shankar lies about 55 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Karonda, about 20 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 Khiriya Shankar
Tehsil headquarters Malthon 9.7 km
Nearest railway station Karonda 20 km
Nearest town Etāwa 26 km
District headquarters Sagar 55 km

Villages closest to Khiriya Shankar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Malthon 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 Khiriya Shankar

As per the Census of India 2011, Khiriya Shankar village had a population of 517. That makes it the 104th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 866 residents.

Khiriya Shankar village has 275 males and 242 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khiriya Shankar has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 895.

Khiriya Shankar covers 151.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khiriya Shankar falls under Malthon tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khiriya Shankar is Karonda, about 20 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khiriya Shankar.

Khiriya Shankar is about 55 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khiriya Shankar is in Malthon tehsil of Sagar district. Malthon is about 9.7 km away. Karonda is about 20 km away. Etāwa is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chak Bankhiriya (under 2 km), Khiriya Dang (under 2 km) and Khiriya Kalan (under 2 km).

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

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