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About Khairha Village

Khairha is a large village in Sohagpur tehsil, in the district of Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,202, made up of 2,172 males and 2,030 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 773.41 hectares hectares.

Khairha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khairha village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shahdol
Tehsil Sohagpur
Area (hectares) 773.41 hectares
Population 4,202
Male Population 2,172
Female Population 2,030
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 935
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khairha compares

By the 2011 count Khairha is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,056 residents. Its 773.41 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Khairha

Khairha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khairha 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khairha from other places

Khairha lies about 20 km from Shahdol, and the nearest railway station is Chhada, about 11 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 Khairha
Nearest railway station Chhada 11 km
Nearest town Dhanpuri 11 km
District headquarters Shahdol 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Sohagpur 22 km

Villages closest to Khairha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khairha village had a population of 4,202. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,056 residents.

Khairha village has 2,172 males and 2,030 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khairha has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Khairha covers 773.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khairha falls under Sohagpur tehsil of Shahdol district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khairha is Chhada, about 11 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khairha.

Khairha is about 20 km from Shahdol in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khairha is in Sohagpur tehsil of Shahdol district. Chhada is about 11 km away. Dhanpuri is about 11 km away. Shahdol is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khairbana (under 2 km), Bodri (3.8 km) and Arjhula (6.4 km).

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

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