About Khaira Village

Khaira is a mid sized village in Amarpur tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,524, made up of 732 males and 792 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,082 females per 1000 males. The village covers 444 hectares hectares.

Khaira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khaira village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Amarpur
Area (hectares)	444 hectares
Population	1,524
Male Population	732
Female Population	792
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,082
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khaira compares

By the 2011 count Khaira is the 40th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,673 residents. Its 444 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Khaira

Khaira is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khaira as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khaira from other places

Khaira lies about 22 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Dhauni, about 11 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Khaira
Nearest railway station	Dhauni	11 km
Nearest town	Purāini	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Amarpur	20 km
District headquarters	Banka	22 km

Villages closest to Khaira

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Amarpur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Khaira

As per the Census of India 2011, Khaira village had a population of 1,524. That makes it the 40th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,673 residents.

Khaira village has 732 males and 792 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khaira has about 1082 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 935.

Khaira covers 444 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khaira falls under Amarpur tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khaira is Dhauni, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khaira.

Khaira is about 22 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khaira is in Amarpur tehsil of Banka district. Dhauni is about 11 km away. Purāini is about 20 km away. Amarpur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.