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About Khairi Village

Khairi is a small village in Ghorawal tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 79, made up of 39 males and 40 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 32.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 231215, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khairi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khairi village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sonbhadra
Tehsil Ghorawal
Pincode 231215
Area (hectares) 32.83 hectares
Population 79
Male Population 39
Female Population 40
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,026
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khairi compares

By the 2011 count Khairi is the 311th largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 822 residents. Its 32.83 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Khairi

Khairi is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khairi as Available within <5 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 Khairi from other places

Khairi lies about 14 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Khairahi, about 9.6 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 Khairi
Nearest railway station Khairahi 9.6 km
District headquarters Sonbhadra 14 km
Nearest town Robertsganj 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Ghorawal 16 km

Villages closest to Khairi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khairi village had a population of 79. That makes it the 311th largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 822 residents.

Khairi village has 39 males and 40 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khairi has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 932.

The pincode recorded for Khairi is 231215. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khairi covers 32.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khairi falls under Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khairi is Khairahi, about 9.6 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khairi.

Khairi is about 14 km from Sonbhadra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khairi is in Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Khairahi is about 9.6 km away. Sonbhadra is about 14 km away. Robertsganj is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khaira (under 2 km), Kapura (under 2 km) and Dohari (under 2 km).

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

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