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Khairlanji

Coordinates: 21°22′08″N 79°34′17″E / 21.369021°N 79.571442°E / 21.369021; 79.571442
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Khairlanji
Village
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Khairlanji
Location in Mohadi Taluka
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 caste, a backward caste in India.[citation needed]