About Khaira Village

Khaira is a small village in Thanakhamria tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 420, made up of 200 males and 220 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,100 females per 1000 males. The village covers 131.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491338, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khaira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khaira village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Thanakhamria
Pincode	491338
Area (hectares)	131.48 hectares
Population	420
Male Population	200
Female Population	220
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,100
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 67th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 915 residents. Its 131.48 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

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 22 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Parmalkasa, about 7.0 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	Parmalkasa	7.0 km
Nearest town	Rāj-Nāndgaon	7.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thanakhamria	22 km
District headquarters	Durg	22 km

Villages closest to Khaira

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Thanakhamria 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 420. That makes it the 67th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 915 residents.

Khaira village has 200 males and 220 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khaira has about 1100 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Khaira is 491338. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khaira covers 131.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khaira falls under Thanakhamria tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khaira is Parmalkasa, about 7.0 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 22 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khaira is in Thanakhamria tehsil of Durg district. Parmalkasa is about 7.0 km away. Rāj-Nāndgaon is about 7.9 km away. Thanakhamria is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.