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About Khaira Village

Khaira is a mid sized village in Janjgir tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 686, made up of 347 males and 339 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 977 females per 1000 males. The village covers 228.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495668, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khaira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khaira village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Janjgir Champa
Tehsil Janjgir
Pincode 495668
Area (hectares) 228.2 hectares
Population 686
Male Population 347
Female Population 339
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 977
Bus Service (public) Available
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 43rd largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,276 residents. Its 228.2 hectares work out to about 3.0 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 984.

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. 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 7.5 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Janjgir Naila, about 2.5 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 Janjgir Naila 2.5 km
Nearest town Nailā 2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Janjgir 3.3 km
District headquarters Janjgir Champa 7.5 km

Villages closest to Khaira

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Janjgir 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 686. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,276 residents.

Khaira village has 347 males and 339 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khaira has about 977 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 984.

The pincode recorded for Khaira is 495668. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khaira covers 228.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khaira falls under Janjgir tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khaira is Janjgir Naila, about 2.5 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 and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khaira.

Khaira is about 7.5 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khaira is in Janjgir tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Janjgir Naila is about 2.5 km away. Nailā is about 2.6 km away. Janjgir is about 3.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khokhsa (1.7 km), Sarkhon (2.3 km) and Basantpur (2.4 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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