About Khera Village

Khera is a mid sized village in Sisai tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,191, made up of 607 males and 584 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 962 females per 1000 males. The village covers 742 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khera village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Sisai
Pincode	835224
Area (hectares)	742 hectares
Population	1,191
Male Population	607
Female Population	584
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	962
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khera compares

By the 2011 count Khera is the 27th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,360 residents. Its 742 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Khera

Khera is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Khera as Available within 10+ 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 Khera from other places

Khera lies about 30 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Irgaon, about 19 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 Khera
Tehsil headquarters	Sisai	11 km
Nearest town	Lohārdagā	19 km
Nearest railway station	Irgaon	19 km
District headquarters	Gumla	30 km

Villages closest to Khera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khera village had a population of 1,191. That makes it the 27th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,360 residents.

Khera village has 607 males and 584 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khera has about 962 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Khera is 835224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khera covers 742 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khera falls under Sisai tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khera is Irgaon, about 19 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khera.

Khera is about 30 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khera is in Sisai tehsil of Gumla district. Sisai is about 11 km away. Lohārdagā is about 19 km away. Irgaon is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.