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About Khliehriat West Village

Khliehriat West is a large village in Khliehriat tehsil, in the district of Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,249, made up of 1,647 males and 1,602 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793160, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khliehriat West Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khliehriat West village
Description Value
State Meghalaya
District Jaintia Hills
Tehsil Khliehriat
Pincode 793160
Population 3,249
Male Population 1,647
Female Population 1,602
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 973
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khliehriat West compares

By the 2011 count Khliehriat West is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 827 residents. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Khliehriat West

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

Khliehriat West lies about under 2 km from Jaintia Hills, and the nearest railway station is Hilara, about 52 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 Khliehriat West
Tehsil headquarters Khliehriat under 2 km
District headquarters Jaintia Hills under 2 km
Nearest town Jowai 20 km
Nearest railway station Hilara 52 km

Villages closest to Khliehriat West

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khliehriat West village had a population of 3,249. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 827 residents.

Khliehriat West village has 1,647 males and 1,602 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khliehriat West 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 1002.

The pincode recorded for Khliehriat West is 793160. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khliehriat West falls under Khliehriat tehsil of Jaintia Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Khliehriat West is Hilara, about 52 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Khliehriat West.

Khliehriat West is about under 2 km from Jaintia Hills in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khliehriat West is in Khliehriat tehsil of Jaintia Hills district. Khliehriat is about under 2 km away. Jaintia Hills is about under 2 km away. Jowai is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khliehriat East (under 2 km), Lad Rymbai B (4.2 km) and Lad Rymbai Dat Simpein (4.2 km).

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

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