About Khaira Village

Khaira is a small village in Pandu tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 142, made up of 68 males and 74 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,088 females per 1000 males. The village covers 734.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 812124, 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	Pandu
Pincode	812124
Area (hectares)	734.57 hectares
Population	142
Male Population	68
Female Population	74
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,088
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khaira compares

By the 2011 count Khaira is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,331 residents. Its 734.57 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 912.

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 within village. 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 88 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Katkamsandi, about 5.9 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	Katkamsandi	5.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pandu	23 km
Nearest town	Hazāribāgh	25 km
District headquarters	Palamu	88 km

Villages closest to Khaira

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pandu 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 142. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,331 residents.

Khaira village has 68 males and 74 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khaira has about 1088 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Khaira is 812124. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khaira covers 734.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khaira falls under Pandu tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khaira is Katkamsandi, about 5.9 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Khaira.

Khaira is about 88 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 Pandu tehsil of Palamu district. Katkamsandi is about 5.9 km away. Pandu is about 23 km away. Hazāribāgh is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.