Khirka observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Uttar Pradesh.
Khirka is a village in Meerganj mandal, Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh, with a population of 1,256 in 232 households. It has a literacy rate of 51.7%, the highest among the villages listed, with postal code 243501.
By population, Khirka ranks #136 of 245 villages in Meerganj mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khirka is a village of 1,256 people in 232 households (Census 2011) in Meerganj tehsil, Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh, the 136th-largest of 245 villages in Meerganj tehsil. Literacy is 52%, 9 points above the tehsil average of 43% and the sex ratio is 836 women per 1,000 men. It lies 230 km from the Bareilly district centre, 14 km from Bariya, the nearest town, 8 km from Kotra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 243501, served by B R Factory post office; the LGD village code is 129631. The nearest hospital or health centre is Kurele Hospital, 13 km away. The sarpanch is JITENDRA, and the village votes in Jalalabad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Hari Prakash Verma. The population is estimated at 1,481 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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