Khirhani observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
By population, Khirhani ranks #30 of 337 villages in Bichhiya mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khirhani is a village of 1,400 people in 364 households (Census 2011) in Bichhiya tehsil, Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh, the 30th-largest of 337 villages in Bichhiya tehsil. Literacy is 68%, 15 points above the tehsil average of 53% and the sex ratio is 1,044 women per 1,000 men. It lies 10 km from the Mandla district centre, 4 km from Gwarighat railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 481661, served by Padaw Mandla post office; the LGD village code is 493170. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital,DUNGARIYA, 4 km away. The sarpanch is lalita dhurwey, and the village votes in Niwas assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chainsingh Warkade. The population is estimated at 1,651 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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