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About Khaira Village

Khaira is one of the larger villages in Nagra tehsil, in the district of Saran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,807, made up of 3,073 males and 2,734 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 154 hectares hectares.

Khaira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khaira village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Saran
Tehsil Nagra
Area (hectares) 154 hectares
Population 5,807
Male Population 3,073
Female Population 2,734
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 890
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Khaira compares

By the 2011 count Khaira is the 4th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,102 residents. Its 154 hectares work out to about 38 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 935.

Getting to Khaira

Khaira is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khaira from other places

Khaira lies about 26 km from Saran, and the nearest railway station is Khairah, about under 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 Khairah under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Nagra 4.7 km
Nearest town Chāpra 8.8 km
District headquarters Saran 26 km

Villages closest to Khaira

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nagra 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 5,807. That makes it the 4th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,102 residents.

Khaira village has 3,073 males and 2,734 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khaira has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

Khaira covers 154 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 38 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Khaira falls under Nagra tehsil of Saran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Khaira is Khairah, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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 26 km from Saran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khaira is in Nagra tehsil of Saran district. Khairah is about under 2 km away. Nagra is about 4.7 km away. Chāpra is about 8.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khanpur (under 2 km), Loha Chhapra (under 2 km) and Madaria (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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