About Khaira Village

Khaira is a small village in Barachatti tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 128, made up of 65 males and 63 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 271 hectares hectares.

Khaira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khaira village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Barachatti
Area (hectares)	271 hectares
Population	128
Male Population	65
Female Population	63
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	969
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 125th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents. Its 271 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 971.

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 29 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Tankuppa, about 27 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	Barachatti	11 km
Nearest town	Sherghāti	12 km
Nearest railway station	Tankuppa	27 km
District headquarters	Gaya	29 km

Villages closest to Khaira

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Barachatti 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 128. That makes it the 125th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents.

Khaira village has 65 males and 63 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khaira has about 969 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 971.

Khaira covers 271 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khaira falls under Barachatti tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khaira is Tankuppa, about 27 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 29 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khaira is in Barachatti tehsil of Gaya district. Barachatti is about 11 km away. Sherghāti is about 12 km away. Tankuppa is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.