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About Khirahata Village

Khirahata is a mid sized village in Ghorawal tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,122, made up of 581 males and 541 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 338.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 231215, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khirahata Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khirahata village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sonbhadra
Tehsil Ghorawal
Pincode 231215
Area (hectares) 338.33 hectares
Population 1,122
Male Population 581
Female Population 541
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 931
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khirahata compares

By the 2011 count Khirahata is the 84th largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 822 residents. Its 338.33 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Khirahata

Khirahata is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Khirahata as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Khirahata from other places

Khirahata lies about 21 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Khairahi, about 19 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 Khirahata
Tehsil headquarters Ghorawal 11 km
Nearest railway station Khairahi 19 km
District headquarters Sonbhadra 21 km
Nearest town Robertsganj 21 km

Villages closest to Khirahata

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 Khirahata

As per the Census of India 2011, Khirahata village had a population of 1,122. That makes it the 84th largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 822 residents.

Khirahata village has 581 males and 541 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khirahata has about 931 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 932.

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

Khirahata covers 338.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Khirahata is Khairahi, about 19 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khirahata.

Khirahata is about 21 km from Sonbhadra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khirahata is in Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Ghorawal is about 11 km away. Khairahi is about 19 km away. Sonbhadra is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khajaraul (under 2 km), Domakhri (under 2 km) and Bhairawa (under 2 km).

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

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