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About Khair Village

Khair is a mid sized village in Maudaha tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,023, made up of 543 males and 480 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 476.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 210507, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khair Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khair village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Hamirpur
Tehsil Maudaha
Pincode 210507
Area (hectares) 476.58 hectares
Population 1,023
Male Population 543
Female Population 480
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 884
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khair compares

By the 2011 count Khair is the 97th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,090 residents. Its 476.58 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 859.

Getting to Khair

Khair is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khair as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Khair from other places

Khair lies about 20 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 27 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 Khair
Tehsil headquarters Maudaha 20 km
District headquarters Hamirpur 20 km
Nearest railway station Jawalamukhi Road 27 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 46 km

Villages closest to Khair

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Maudaha 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 Khair

As per the Census of India 2011, Khair village had a population of 1,023. That makes it the 97th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,090 residents.

Khair village has 543 males and 480 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khair has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 859.

The pincode recorded for Khair is 210507. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khair covers 476.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khair falls under Maudaha tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khair is Jawalamukhi Road, about 27 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 within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khair.

Khair is about 20 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khair is in Maudaha tehsil of Hamirpur district. Maudaha is about 20 km away. Hamirpur is about 20 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khairi (under 2 km), Kandhouli (1.5 km) and Bharkhri (2.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Khair today is likely to be higher.

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