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About Khairwa Village

Khairwa is a small village in Ghorawal tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 234, made up of 122 males and 112 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 32.93 hectares hectares.

Khairwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khairwa village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sonbhadra
Tehsil Ghorawal
Area (hectares) 32.93 hectares
Population 234
Male Population 122
Female Population 112
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 918
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Khairwa compares

By the 2011 count Khairwa is the 272nd largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 822 residents. Its 32.93 hectares work out to about 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Khairwa

Khairwa 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 Khairwa 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khairwa from other places

Khairwa lies about 13 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Khairahi, about 2.7 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 Khairwa
Nearest railway station Khairahi 2.7 km
District headquarters Sonbhadra 13 km
Nearest town Robertsganj 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Ghorawal 24 km

Villages closest to Khairwa

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 Khairwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Khairwa village had a population of 234. That makes it the 272nd largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 822 residents.

Khairwa village has 122 males and 112 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khairwa has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 932.

Khairwa covers 32.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Khairwa is Khairahi, about 2.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Khairwa.

Khairwa is about 13 km from Sonbhadra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khairwa is in Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Khairahi is about 2.7 km away. Sonbhadra is about 13 km away. Robertsganj is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sauli (4.8 km), Manhwa (5.4 km) and Uachka (5.5 km).

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

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