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About Khirabari Village

Khirabari is a small village in Raiganj tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 414, made up of 219 males and 195 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 73.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733134, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khirabari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khirabari village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil Raiganj
Pincode 733134
Area (hectares) 73.61 hectares
Population 414
Male Population 219
Female Population 195
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 890
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khirabari compares

By the 2011 count Khirabari is the 203rd largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,874 residents. Its 73.61 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Khirabari

Khirabari is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khirabari as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Khirabari from other places

Khirabari lies about 14 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Sudhani, about 8.3 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 Khirabari
Nearest railway station Sudhani 8.3 km
District headquarters Uttar Dinajpur 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Raiganj 27 km
Nearest town Rāiganj 27 km

Villages closest to Khirabari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khirabari village had a population of 414. That makes it the 203rd largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,874 residents.

Khirabari village has 219 males and 195 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khirabari has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Khirabari is 733134. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khirabari covers 73.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khirabari falls under Raiganj tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Khirabari is Sudhani, about 8.3 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 5 - 10 km distance for Khirabari.

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

Khirabari is in Raiganj tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Sudhani is about 8.3 km away. Uttar Dinajpur is about 14 km away. Raiganj is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bastor (3.1 km), Sobhanpur (3.7 km) and Dulahpur (3.9 km).

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

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