About Khaira Village

Khaira is a large village in Simri tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,835, made up of 1,451 males and 1,384 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 954 females per 1000 males. The village covers 72.04 hectares hectares.

Khaira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khaira village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Buxar
Tehsil	Simri
Area (hectares)	72.04 hectares
Population	2,835
Male Population	1,451
Female Population	1,384
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	954
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khaira compares

By the 2011 count Khaira is the 20th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,147 residents. Its 72.04 hectares work out to about 39 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Khaira

Khaira is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khaira as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 15 km from Buxar, and the nearest railway station is Dumraon, about 9.2 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
Tehsil headquarters	Simri	1.5 km
Nearest railway station	Dumraon	9.2 km
District headquarters	Buxar	15 km

Villages closest to Khaira

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Simri 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 2,835. That makes it the 20th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,147 residents.

Khaira village has 1,451 males and 1,384 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khaira has about 954 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 923.

Khaira covers 72.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 39 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Khaira falls under Simri tehsil of Buxar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khaira is Dumraon, about 9.2 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 village for Khaira.

Khaira is about 15 km from Buxar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khaira is in Simri tehsil of Buxar district. Simri is about 1.5 km away. Dumraon is about 9.2 km away. Buxar is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.