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About Khirgavhan Village

Khirgavhan is a small village in Daryapur tehsil, in the district of Amravati, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 69, made up of 37 males and 32 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 230.05 hectares hectares.

Khirgavhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khirgavhan village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Amravati
Tehsil Daryapur
Area (hectares) 230.05 hectares
Population 69
Male Population 37
Female Population 32
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 865
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khirgavhan compares

By the 2011 count Khirgavhan is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,054 residents. Its 230.05 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Khirgavhan

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

Khirgavhan lies about 48 km from Amravati, and the nearest railway station is Kapustalni, about 3.7 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 Khirgavhan
Nearest railway station Kapustalni 3.7 km
Nearest town Anjangaon 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Daryapur 16 km
District headquarters Amravati 48 km

Villages closest to Khirgavhan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khirgavhan village had a population of 69. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,054 residents.

Khirgavhan village has 37 males and 32 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khirgavhan has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Khirgavhan covers 230.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khirgavhan falls under Daryapur tehsil of Amravati district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Khirgavhan is Kapustalni, about 3.7 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 Khirgavhan.

Khirgavhan is about 48 km from Amravati in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khirgavhan is in Daryapur tehsil of Amravati district. Kapustalni is about 3.7 km away. Anjangaon is about 11 km away. Daryapur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Wadal Gawhan (4.8 km), Umari Itbarpur (5.9 km) and Tamaswadi (6.1 km).

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

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