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About Khaira Village

Khaira is a large village in Pusa tehsil, in the district of Samastipur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,306, made up of 1,248 males and 1,058 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 848 females per 1000 males. The village covers 119.13 hectares hectares.

Khaira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khaira village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Samastipur
Tehsil Pusa
Area (hectares) 119.13 hectares
Population 2,306
Male Population 1,248
Female Population 1,058
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 848
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khaira compares

By the 2011 count Khaira is the 21st largest of the 37 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,593 residents. Its 119.13 hectares work out to about 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 911.

Getting to Khaira

The census records public bus service for Khaira as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 30 km from Samastipur, and the nearest railway station is Thalwara, about 12 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 Thalwara 12 km
Nearest town Benipur 13 km
District headquarters Samastipur 30 km
Tehsil headquarters Pusa 34 km

Villages closest to Khaira

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pusa 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 2,306. That makes it the 21st largest of the 37 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,593 residents.

Khaira village has 1,248 males and 1,058 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khaira has about 848 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 911.

Khaira covers 119.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Khaira falls under Pusa tehsil of Samastipur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khaira is Thalwara, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khaira.

Khaira is about 30 km from Samastipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khaira is in Pusa tehsil of Samastipur district. Thalwara is about 12 km away. Benipur is about 13 km away. Samastipur is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chak Abdullah Urf Milki (27 km), Gopalpur (28 km) and Thahra (32 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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