About Khaira Village

Khaira is one of the larger villages in Shahkund tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,383, made up of 3,360 males and 3,023 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 438 hectares hectares.

Khaira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khaira village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhagalpur
Tehsil	Shahkund
Area (hectares)	438 hectares
Population	6,383
Male Population	3,360
Female Population	3,023
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	900
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 among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,726 residents. Its 438 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 886.

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 39 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Khariapipra Halt, about 13 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 town	Kharagpur	5.4 km
Nearest railway station	Khariapipra Halt	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shahkund	21 km
District headquarters	Bhagalpur	39 km

Villages closest to Khaira

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shahkund 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 6,383. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,726 residents.

Khaira village has 3,360 males and 3,023 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khaira has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 886.

Khaira covers 438 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khaira falls under Shahkund tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khaira is Khariapipra Halt, about 13 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 39 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khaira is in Shahkund tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Kharagpur is about 5.4 km away. Khariapipra Halt is about 13 km away. Shahkund is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.