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Khirka is a small village in Amariya mandal, Pilibhit district, Uttar Pradesh, with a population of 187 in 35 households. The village has a literacy rate of 65.8% and postal code 262121.
By population, Khirka ranks #150 of 201 villages in Amariya mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khirka is a village of 187 people in 35 households (Census 2011) in Amariya tehsil, Pilibhit district, Uttar Pradesh, the 150th-largest of 201 villages in Amariya tehsil. Literacy is 66%, 17 points above the tehsil average of 49% and the sex ratio is 968 women per 1,000 men. It lies 243 km from the Pilibhit district centre, 14 km from Bariya, the nearest town, 8 km from Kotra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 262121, served by Amaria post office; the LGD village code is 131254. The nearest hospital or health centre is Kurele Hospital, 13 km away. The sarpanch is Mamta Devi, and the village votes in Shahabad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajni Tiwari. The population is estimated at 220 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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