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About Khirkhiri Village

Khirkhiri is a small village in Shahbad tehsil, in the district of Baran, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 118, made up of 63 males and 55 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 681.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 325217, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khirkhiri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khirkhiri village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Baran
Tehsil Shahbad
Pincode 325217
Area (hectares) 681.06 hectares
Population 118
Male Population 63
Female Population 55
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 873
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khirkhiri compares

By the 2011 count Khirkhiri is the 147th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 808 residents. Its 681.06 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 935.

Getting to Khirkhiri

Khirkhiri is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Khirkhiri as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Khirkhiri from other places

Khirkhiri lies about 65 km from Baran, and the nearest railway station is Sheopur Kalan, about 46 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 Khirkhiri
Tehsil headquarters Shahbad 21 km
Nearest town Sheopur 46 km
Nearest railway station Sheopur Kalan 46 km
District headquarters Baran 65 km

Villages closest to Khirkhiri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khirkhiri village had a population of 118. That makes it the 147th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 808 residents.

Khirkhiri village has 63 males and 55 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khirkhiri has about 873 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Khirkhiri is 325217. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khirkhiri covers 681.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khirkhiri falls under Shahbad tehsil of Baran district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Khirkhiri is Sheopur Kalan, about 46 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khirkhiri.

Khirkhiri is about 65 km from Baran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khirkhiri is in Shahbad tehsil of Baran district. Shahbad is about 21 km away. Sheopur is about 46 km away. Sheopur Kalan is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dabar (under 2 km), Dabari (under 2 km) and Doondabar (under 2 km).

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

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