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About Khairka Village

Khairka is a mid sized village in Mukhed tehsil, in the district of Nanded, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,534, made up of 783 males and 751 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 959 females per 1000 males. The village covers 574 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 431717, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khairka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khairka village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Nanded
Tehsil Mukhed
Pincode 431717
Area (hectares) 574 hectares
Population 1,534
Male Population 783
Female Population 751
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 959
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khairka compares

By the 2011 count Khairka is the 71st largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,768 residents. Its 574 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Khairka

Khairka is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khairka as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Khairka from other places

Khairka lies about 47 km from Nanded, and the nearest railway station is Umri, about 45 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 Khairka
Nearest town Mukher 3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Mukhed 31 km
Nearest railway station Umri 45 km
District headquarters Nanded 47 km

Villages closest to Khairka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khairka village had a population of 1,534. That makes it the 71st largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,768 residents.

Khairka village has 783 males and 751 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khairka has about 959 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Khairka is 431717. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khairka covers 574 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khairka falls under Mukhed tehsil of Nanded district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Khairka is Umri, about 45 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 - 10 km distance for Khairka.

Khairka is about 47 km from Nanded in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khairka is in Mukhed tehsil of Nanded district. Mukher is about 3.4 km away. Mukhed is about 31 km away. Umri is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bomnali (1.6 km), Berli Bk (2.4 km) and Kaparwadi (2.5 km).

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

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