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About Khairahi Village

Khairahi is a large village in Dudhi tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,649, made up of 1,427 males and 1,222 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 856 females per 1000 males. The village covers 419 hectares hectares.

Khairahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khairahi village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sonbhadra
Tehsil Dudhi
Area (hectares) 419 hectares
Population 2,649
Male Population 1,427
Female Population 1,222
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 856
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khairahi compares

By the 2011 count Khairahi is the 58th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,753 residents. Its 419 hectares work out to about 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Khairahi

Khairahi 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 Khairahi as Available within village. 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 Khairahi from other places

Khairahi lies about 57 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Muirpur Road, about 3.8 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 Khairahi
Nearest railway station Muirpur Road 3.8 km
Nearest town Renukūt 5.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Dudhi 17 km
District headquarters Sonbhadra 57 km

Villages closest to Khairahi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khairahi village had a population of 2,649. That makes it the 58th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,753 residents.

Khairahi village has 1,427 males and 1,222 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khairahi has about 856 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

Khairahi covers 419 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khairahi falls under Dudhi tehsil of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khairahi is Muirpur Road, about 3.8 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Khairahi.

Khairahi is about 57 km from Sonbhadra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khairahi is in Dudhi tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Muirpur Road is about 3.8 km away. Renukūt is about 5.8 km away. Dudhi is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kirawani (under 2 km), Govindpur (1.6 km) and Gambhirpur (1.7 km).

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

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