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About Khaira Village

Khaira is a mid sized village in Konch tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,363, made up of 689 males and 674 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 284 hectares hectares.

Khaira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khaira village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gaya
Tehsil Konch
Area (hectares) 284 hectares
Population 1,363
Male Population 689
Female Population 674
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 978
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 50th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,614 residents. Its 284 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 918.

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 131 km from Gaya, 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
Nearest railway station Dumraon 9.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Konch 24 km
District headquarters Gaya 131 km

Villages closest to Khaira

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

Common questions about Khaira

As per the Census of India 2011, Khaira village had a population of 1,363. That makes it the 50th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,614 residents.

Khaira village has 689 males and 674 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khaira has about 978 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 918.

Khaira covers 284 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khaira falls under Konch tehsil of Gaya 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 131 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 Konch tehsil of Gaya district. Dumraon is about 9.2 km away. Konch is about 24 km away. Gaya is about 131 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Anti (5.8 km), Chandaini (7.6 km) and Hasanpur (9.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Khaira today is likely to be higher.

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