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About Khaira Village

Khaira is a small village in Mandro tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 373, made up of 177 males and 196 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,107 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khaira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khaira village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Mandro
Pincode 816109
Area (hectares) 88 hectares
Population 373
Male Population 177
Female Population 196
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,107
Bus Service (public) Available within village
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 59th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 427 residents. Its 88 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

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 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 22 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Mirza Cheuki Railway Station, about 18 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
Tehsil headquarters Mandro 4.8 km
Nearest railway station Mirza Cheuki Railway Station 18 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 22 km
Nearest town Sāhibganj 22 km

Villages closest to Khaira

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khaira village had a population of 373. That makes it the 59th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 427 residents.

Khaira village has 177 males and 196 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khaira has about 1107 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Khaira is 816109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khaira covers 88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khaira falls under Mandro tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Khaira is Mirza Cheuki Railway Station, about 18 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 10+ km distance for Khaira.

Khaira is about 22 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khaira is in Mandro tehsil of Sahibganj district. Mandro is about 4.8 km away. Mirza Cheuki Railway Station is about 18 km away. Sahibganj is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gorapariharpur (under 2 km), Sirsa (1.8 km) and Bacha (2.2 km).

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

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