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About Khirka Village

Khirka is a mid sized village in Meerganj tehsil, in the district of Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,256, made up of 684 males and 572 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 836 females per 1000 males. The village covers 219.12 hectares hectares.

Khirka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khirka village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Bareilly
Tehsil Meerganj
Area (hectares) 219.12 hectares
Population 1,256
Male Population 684
Female Population 572
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 836
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khirka compares

By the 2011 count Khirka is the 132nd largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,858 residents. Its 219.12 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 873.

Getting to Khirka

Khirka is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Khirka as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khirka from other places

Khirka lies about 18 km from Bareilly, and the nearest railway station is Bhitaura, about 1.6 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 Khirka
Nearest railway station Bhitaura 1.6 km
Nearest town Fatehganj West 1.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Meerganj 18 km
District headquarters Bareilly 18 km

Villages closest to Khirka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khirka village had a population of 1,256. That makes it the 132nd largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,858 residents.

Khirka village has 684 males and 572 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khirka has about 836 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 873.

Khirka covers 219.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khirka falls under Meerganj tehsil of Bareilly district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khirka is Bhitaura, about 1.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khirka.

Khirka is about 18 km from Bareilly in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khirka is in Meerganj tehsil of Bareilly district. Bhitaura is about 1.6 km away. Fatehganj West is about 1.8 km away. Meerganj is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khirkati (under 2 km), Kharagpur (under 2 km) and Thiria Khetal (under 2 km).

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

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