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About Khiri Village

Khiri is a large village in Kotulpur tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,548, made up of 1,807 males and 1,741 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 963 females per 1000 males. The village covers 570.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 722141, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khiri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khiri village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Bankura
Tehsil Kotulpur
Pincode 722141
Area (hectares) 570.67 hectares
Population 3,548
Male Population 1,807
Female Population 1,741
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 963
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khiri compares

By the 2011 count Khiri is the 11th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,098 residents. Its 570.67 hectares work out to about 6.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Khiri

Khiri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khiri as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Khiri from other places

Khiri lies about 80 km from Bankura, and the nearest railway station is Kamarpukur, about 23 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 Khiri
Nearest town Chandrakona 10 km
Nearest railway station Kamarpukur 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Kotulpur 34 km
District headquarters Bankura 80 km

Villages closest to Khiri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khiri village had a population of 3,548. That makes it the 11th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,098 residents.

Khiri village has 1,807 males and 1,741 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khiri has about 963 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Khiri is 722141. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khiri covers 570.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khiri falls under Kotulpur tehsil of Bankura district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Khiri is Kamarpukur, about 23 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 village for Khiri.

Khiri is about 80 km from Bankura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khiri is in Kotulpur tehsil of Bankura district. Chandrakona is about 10 km away. Kamarpukur is about 23 km away. Kotulpur is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hati (21 km), Baidanga (23 km) and Jayrambati (24 km).

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

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