Khiriyawan village is a small village in
Gaya district
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Gaya district is one of the thirty-eight districts of the Indian state of Bihar. It was officially established on 3 October 1865. The district has a common boundary with the state of Jharkhand to the south. Gaya city is both the district head ...
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Bihar
Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Be ...
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India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
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Demographics
As of the 2011 census, the population was 2,839 - 1,503 males and 1,336 are females giving a sex ratio of 889 which was lower than the state average of 918
There were 487 children 6 or younger, which was 17.15% of the village population. The literacy rate was 66.75% better than the state average of 61.80% Male literacy was 75.26% and female literacy was 57.37%.
This village is situated in wazirganj tehsil. Wazirganj(sakardas)is the area of sirmour Rajput caste. In this village Most of the peoples also belongs to Rajput sirmour
Location
Transport to the village is mainly by train or by bus. The nearest main railway station is
Gaya
Gaya may refer to:
Geography Czech Republic
*Gaya (German and Latin), Kyjov (Hodonín District), a town
Guinea
* Gaya or Gayah, a town
India
*Gaya, India, a city in Bihar
**Gaya Airport
*Bodh Gaya, a town in Bihar near Gaya
*Gaya district, Bi ...
, and the local railway station is Wazirgunj. The local market is 4 km away at Wazirgunj, and the main town is the city of Gaya 25 km away.
Economy
The village is in an almost dry area. The main source of employment is
agriculture
Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...
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References
Villages in Gaya district
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