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By population, Khiriya ranks #216 of 270 villages in Gadarwara mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khiriya is a village of 320 people in 78 households (Census 2011) in Gadarwara tehsil, Narsimhapur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 216th-largest of 270 villages in Gadarwara tehsil. Literacy is 81%, 20 points above the tehsil average of 62% and the sex ratio is 808 women per 1,000 men. It lies 43 km from the Narsimhapur district centre, 33 km from Bankhedi, the nearest town, 35 km from Salichauka Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 487555, served by Kaudia post office; the LGD village code is 490950. The nearest hospital or health centre is KLN, 2 km away. The sarpanch is Hari Bai Raghuwanshi, and the village votes in Udaipura assembly constituency, represented by MLA Narendra Shivaji Patel. The population is estimated at 377 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khiriya · this village | 320 | 81% | — |
| Khidiya · Sohagpur | 122 | 48% | 0.1 km SE |
| Niwari · Sohagpur | 943 | 52% | 3.2 km W |
| Dungariya Kalan · Silwani | 956 | 59% | 5.4 km N |
| Dungariya Kalan · Silwani | 255 | 45% | 5.4 km N |
| Dungariya Kalan · Udaipura | 612 | 61% | 5.4 km N |
| Imjhiri · Gadarwara | 1,150 | 71% | 5.4 km E |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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