About Khaira Village

Khaira is a mid sized village in Pathariya tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 741, made up of 374 males and 367 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 981 females per 1000 males. The village covers 356.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495335, 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	Pathariya
Pincode	495335
Area (hectares)	356.61 hectares
Population	741
Male Population	374
Female Population	367
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	981
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khaira compares

By the 2011 count Khaira is the 95th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents. Its 356.61 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 968.

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 5 - 10 km distance. 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 35 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Nipania, about 16 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	Nipania	16 km
Nearest town	Bhātāpāra	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pathariya	18 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	35 km

Villages closest to Khaira

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pathariya 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 741. That makes it the 95th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents.

Khaira village has 374 males and 367 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khaira has about 981 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Khaira is 495335. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khaira covers 356.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khaira falls under Pathariya tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khaira is Nipania, about 16 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 and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khaira.

Khaira is about 35 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 Pathariya tehsil of Bilaspur district. Nipania is about 16 km away. Bhātāpāra is about 16 km away. Pathariya is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.