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About Khirwan Village

Khirwan is a large village in Derapur tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,449, made up of 1,324 males and 1,125 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 850 females per 1000 males. The village covers 241.14 hectares hectares.

Khirwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khirwan village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil Derapur
Area (hectares) 241.14 hectares
Population 2,449
Male Population 1,324
Female Population 1,125
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 850
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khirwan compares

By the 2011 count Khirwan is the 30th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,802 residents. Its 241.14 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 862.

Getting to Khirwan

Khirwan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khirwan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Khirwan from other places

Khirwan lies about 12 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Malasa, about 16 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 Khirwan
Tehsil headquarters Derapur 6.2 km
District headquarters Kanpur Dehat 12 km
Nearest railway station Malasa 16 km
Nearest town Pukhrāyān 18 km

Villages closest to Khirwan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khirwan village had a population of 2,449. That makes it the 30th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,802 residents.

Khirwan village has 1,324 males and 1,125 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khirwan has about 850 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 862.

Khirwan covers 241.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khirwan falls under Derapur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khirwan is Malasa, about 16 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khirwan.

Khirwan is about 12 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khirwan is in Derapur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Derapur is about 6.2 km away. Kanpur Dehat is about 12 km away. Malasa is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dundi Bari (1.5 km), Chak Jahli (1.6 km) and Jahli (1.6 km).

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

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