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About Khairna Village

Khairna is a mid sized village in Lakhandur tehsil, in the district of Bhandara, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 955, made up of 484 males and 471 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 370.38 hectares hectares.

Khairna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khairna village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Bhandara
Tehsil Lakhandur
Area (hectares) 370.38 hectares
Population 955
Male Population 484
Female Population 471
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 973
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khairna compares

By the 2011 count Khairna is the 51st largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,498 residents. Its 370.38 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Khairna

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

Khairna lies about 54 km from Bhandara, and the nearest railway station is Kirmiti Mendha, about 13 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 Khairna
Tehsil headquarters Lakhandur 9.5 km
Nearest town Bramhapuri 12 km
Nearest railway station Kirmiti Mendha 13 km
District headquarters Bhandara 54 km

Villages closest to Khairna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khairna village had a population of 955. That makes it the 51st largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,498 residents.

Khairna village has 484 males and 471 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khairna has about 973 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 993.

Khairna covers 370.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khairna falls under Lakhandur tehsil of Bhandara district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Khairna is Kirmiti Mendha, about 13 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 <5 km distance for Khairna.

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

Khairna is in Lakhandur tehsil of Bhandara district. Lakhandur is about 9.5 km away. Bramhapuri is about 12 km away. Kirmiti Mendha is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Moharana (under 2 km), Donad (2.2 km) and Dighori (3.5 km).

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

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