About Khaira Village

Khaira is a mid sized village in Dhuraiya tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,461, made up of 777 males and 684 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 75 hectares hectares.

Khaira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khaira village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Dhuraiya
Area (hectares)	75 hectares
Population	1,461
Male Population	777
Female Population	684
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	880
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khaira compares

By the 2011 count Khaira is the 57th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents. Its 75 hectares work out to about 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

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 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 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	Dhuraiya	22 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 Dhuraiya 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 1,461. That makes it the 57th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents.

Khaira village has 777 males and 684 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khaira has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

Khaira covers 75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Khaira falls under Dhuraiya 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 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 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 Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district. Dhauni is about 11 km away. Purāini is about 20 km away. Dhuraiya is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.