Khairlanji
Village
Khairlanji is located in Maharashtra
Khairlanji
Khairlanji
Location in Maharashtra , India
Khairlanji is located in India
Khairlanji
Khairlanji
Khairlanji (India)
Coordinates: 21°22′08″N 79°34′17″E / 21.369021°N 79.571442°E / 21.369021; 79.571442
Country India
StateMaharashtra
RegionVidharba
DistrictBhandara
TalukaMohadi
Government
  TypeGram Panchayat
Area
  Total3.7 km2 (1.4 sq mi)
  Rank50th biggest in Taluka
  Forest0.55 km2 (0.21 sq mi)
Elevation
289 m (948 ft)
Population
 (2011)
  Total775
  Rank36th least populous in Taluka
  Density210/km2 (540/sq mi)
DemonymKhairlanjiwasi
Languages
  OfficialMarathi
  CoofficialEnglish
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
441914
Telephone code+917197xxxxxx
Vehicle registrationMH-36 (Under Bhandara RTO)
Nearest cityMohadi
Lok Sabha constituencyBhandara-Gondiya (Lok Sabha constituency)
Vidhan Sabha constituencyTumsar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Khairlanji is a village in Mohadi Taluka of Bhandara district of Maharashtra, India. The village comes in limelight due to Khairlanji massacre of 2006 lynching-style murders of a Dalit family by members of the Kunbi, a backward caste in India.


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