About Khaira Village

Khaira is a small village in Hussainabad tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 226, made up of 121 males and 105 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khaira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khaira village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Hussainabad
Pincode	822116
Area (hectares)	58 hectares
Population	226
Male Population	121
Female Population	105
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	868
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khaira compares

By the 2011 count Khaira is the 113th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 868 residents. Its 58 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Khaira

Khaira is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khaira as Available within 5 - 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 Khaira from other places

Khaira lies about 24 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Bokaro Thermal, about 16 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 town	Kathhāra	14 km
Nearest railway station	Bokaro Thermal	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hussainabad	24 km
District headquarters	Palamu	24 km

Villages closest to Khaira

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Hussainabad 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 226. That makes it the 113th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 868 residents.

Khaira village has 121 males and 105 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khaira has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Khaira is 822116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khaira covers 58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khaira falls under Hussainabad tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khaira is Bokaro Thermal, about 16 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khaira.

Khaira is about 24 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khaira is in Hussainabad tehsil of Palamu district. Kathhāra is about 14 km away. Bokaro Thermal is about 16 km away. Hussainabad is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.