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About Khaira Village

Khaira is a large village in Saraiya tehsil, in the district of Muzaffarpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,995, made up of 2,679 males and 2,316 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 381 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 843123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khaira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khaira village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Muzaffarpur
Tehsil Saraiya
Pincode 843123
Area (hectares) 381 hectares
Population 4,995
Male Population 2,679
Female Population 2,316
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 865
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khaira compares

By the 2011 count Khaira is the 11th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,212 residents. Its 381 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 908.

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 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 51 km from Muzaffarpur, and the nearest railway station is Gunrajpur Dhama Halt, about 5.9 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 Gunrajpur Dhama Halt 5.9 km
Nearest town Marhaura 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Saraiya 22 km
District headquarters Muzaffarpur 51 km

Villages closest to Khaira

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Saraiya 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 4,995. That makes it the 11th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,212 residents.

Khaira village has 2,679 males and 2,316 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khaira has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Khaira is 843123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khaira covers 381 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khaira falls under Saraiya tehsil of Muzaffarpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khaira is Gunrajpur Dhama Halt, about 5.9 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khaira.

Khaira is about 51 km from Muzaffarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khaira is in Saraiya tehsil of Muzaffarpur district. Gunrajpur Dhama Halt is about 5.9 km away. Marhaura is about 13 km away. Saraiya is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chainpur Pakri (under 2 km), Pipra Ghaus (under 2 km) and Gidha (under 2 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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