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About Khairwas Village

Khairwas is a mid sized village in Pichhore tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,191, made up of 638 males and 553 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 579.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 473945, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khairwas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khairwas village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shivpuri
Tehsil Pichhore
Pincode 473945
Area (hectares) 579.43 hectares
Population 1,191
Male Population 638
Female Population 553
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 867
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 Khairwas compares

By the 2011 count Khairwas is the 81st largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,408 residents. Its 579.43 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 877.

Getting to Khairwas

Khairwas is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khairwas 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 Khairwas from other places

Khairwas lies about 54 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Basai, about 26 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 Khairwas
Tehsil headquarters Pichhore 6.6 km
Nearest railway station Basai 26 km
Nearest town Karera 26 km
District headquarters Shivpuri 54 km

Villages closest to Khairwas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khairwas village had a population of 1,191. That makes it the 81st largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,408 residents.

Khairwas village has 638 males and 553 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khairwas has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 877.

The pincode recorded for Khairwas is 473945. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khairwas covers 579.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khairwas falls under Pichhore tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khairwas is Basai, about 26 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 Khairwas.

Khairwas is about 54 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khairwas is in Pichhore tehsil of Shivpuri district. Pichhore is about 6.6 km away. Basai is about 26 km away. Karera 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 Kotra (2.2 km), Imaliya Pichhore (2.3 km) and Badarwas (2.7 km).

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

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