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About Khairchhan Village

Khairchhan is a mid sized village in Chitrangi tehsil, in the district of Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 541, made up of 270 males and 271 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 118.08 hectares hectares.

Khairchhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khairchhan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Singrauli
Tehsil Chitrangi
Area (hectares) 118.08 hectares
Population 541
Male Population 270
Female Population 271
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,004
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khairchhan compares

By the 2011 count Khairchhan is the 182nd largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents. Its 118.08 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Khairchhan

Khairchhan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khairchhan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Khairchhan from other places

Khairchhan lies about 14 km from Singrauli, and the nearest railway station is Karaila Road Junction, about 5.5 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 Khairchhan
Nearest railway station Karaila Road Junction 5.5 km
District headquarters Singrauli 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Chitrangi 24 km

Villages closest to Khairchhan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khairchhan village had a population of 541. That makes it the 182nd largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents.

Khairchhan village has 270 males and 271 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khairchhan has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 939.

Khairchhan covers 118.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khairchhan falls under Chitrangi tehsil of Singrauli district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khairchhan is Karaila Road Junction, about 5.5 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khairchhan.

Khairchhan is about 14 km from Singrauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khairchhan is in Chitrangi tehsil of Singrauli district. Karaila Road Junction is about 5.5 km away. Singrauli is about 14 km away. Chitrangi is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dharauha (2.1 km), Sidhari (2.6 km) and Lotan (2.8 km).

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

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