Khairlanji

Khairlanji
खैरलांजी
Village
Khairlanji
Khairlanji

Location in Maharashtra, India

Coordinates: 21°22′08″N 79°34′17″E / 21.369021°N 79.571442°E / 21.369021; 79.571442Coordinates: 21°22′08″N 79°34′17″E / 21.369021°N 79.571442°E / 21.369021; 79.571442
Country  India
State Maharashtra
Region Vidharba
District Bhandara
Government
  Type Gram Panchayat
Languages
  Official Marathi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 441914
Telephone code +917197*****
Vehicle registration MH-36
Nearest city Mohadi
Lok Sabha constituency Bhandara-Gondiya (Lok Sabha constituency)
Vidhan Sabha constituency Tumsar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Khairlanji is a Village in Mohadi Tahsil of Bhandara district of Maharashtra, India.

The village comes in limelight due to Kherlanji massacre of 2006 lynching-style murders of a Dalit family by members of the Kunbi, a backward caste in India.


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