About Khaira Village

Khaira is a mid sized village in Kota tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,439, made up of 711 males and 728 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 349.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khaira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khaira village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Kota
Pincode	495116
Area (hectares)	349.2 hectares
Population	1,439
Male Population	711
Female Population	728
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,024
Bus Service (public)	Available
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 40th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents. Its 349.2 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 991.

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. 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 31 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Salkaroad, about 13 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 town	Ratanpur	8.8 km
Nearest railway station	Salkaroad	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kota	14 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	31 km

Villages closest to Khaira

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kota 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 1,439. That makes it the 40th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents.

Khaira village has 711 males and 728 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khaira has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Khaira is 495116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khaira covers 349.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khaira falls under Kota tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khaira is Salkaroad, about 13 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Khaira.

Khaira is about 31 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khaira is in Kota tehsil of Bilaspur district. Ratanpur is about 8.8 km away. Salkaroad is about 13 km away. Kota is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.