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About Khaira Village

Khaira is a mid sized village in Chanderi tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,532, made up of 808 males and 724 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 270.33 hectares hectares.

Khaira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khaira village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ashoknagar
Tehsil Chanderi
Area (hectares) 270.33 hectares
Population 1,532
Male Population 808
Female Population 724
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 896
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Khaira compares

By the 2011 count Khaira is the 24th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 942 residents. Its 270.33 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 898.

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 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khaira from other places

Khaira lies about 52 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Dailwara, about 24 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 Bāmor Kalān 7.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Chanderi 13 km
Nearest railway station Dailwara 24 km
District headquarters Ashoknagar 52 km

Villages closest to Khaira

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chanderi 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 1,532. That makes it the 24th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 942 residents.

Khaira village has 808 males and 724 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khaira has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 898.

Khaira covers 270.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khaira falls under Chanderi tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khaira is Dailwara, about 24 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khaira.

Khaira is about 52 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khaira is in Chanderi tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Bāmor Kalān is about 7.7 km away. Chanderi is about 13 km away. Dailwara is about 24 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), Hasari (under 2 km) and Gora Kalan (2.3 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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