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About Khirwad Village

Khirwad is a large village in Raver tehsil, in the district of Jalgaon, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,148, made up of 1,675 males and 1,473 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 950.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 425508, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khirwad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khirwad village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Jalgaon
Tehsil Raver
Pincode 425508
Area (hectares) 950.12 hectares
Population 3,148
Male Population 1,675
Female Population 1,473
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 879
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khirwad compares

By the 2011 count Khirwad is the 22nd largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,298 residents. Its 950.12 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Khirwad

Khirwad is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khirwad 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khirwad from other places

Khirwad lies about 60 km from Jalgaon, and the nearest railway station is Raver, about 5.7 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 Khirwad
Nearest railway station Raver 5.7 km
Nearest town Rāver 7.6 km
District headquarters Jalgaon 60 km

Villages closest to Khirwad

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khirwad village had a population of 3,148. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,298 residents.

Khirwad village has 1,675 males and 1,473 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khirwad has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

The pincode recorded for Khirwad is 425508. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khirwad covers 950.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khirwad falls under Raver tehsil of Jalgaon district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Khirwad is Raver, about 5.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khirwad.

Khirwad is about 60 km from Jalgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khirwad is in Raver tehsil of Jalgaon district. Raver is about 5.7 km away. Rāver is about 7.6 km away. Jalgaon is about 60 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nehete (1.8 km), Therode (2.5 km) and Morgaon Kh (3.2 km).

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

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