About Khaira Village

Khaira is a mid sized village in Dongargarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 922, made up of 441 males and 481 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,091 females per 1000 males. The village covers 369.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491557, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khaira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khaira village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Dongargarh
Pincode	491557
Area (hectares)	369.88 hectares
Population	922
Male Population	441
Female Population	481
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,091
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khaira compares

By the 2011 count Khaira is the 76th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 369.88 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1017.

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 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 11 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bakal, about 7.5 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	Bakal	7.5 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	11 km
Nearest town	Rāj-Nāndgaon	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dongargarh	23 km

Villages closest to Khaira

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dongargarh 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 922. That makes it the 76th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Khaira village has 441 males and 481 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khaira has about 1091 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Khaira is 491557. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khaira covers 369.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khaira falls under Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khaira is Bakal, about 7.5 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 village for Khaira.

Khaira is about 11 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khaira is in Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Bakal is about 7.5 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 11 km away. Rāj-Nāndgaon is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.