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About Khera Village

Khera is a large village in Gaurihar tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,290, made up of 1,296 males and 994 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 767 females per 1000 males. The village covers 964.82 hectares hectares.

Khera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khera village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Gaurihar
Area (hectares) 964.82 hectares
Population 2,290
Male Population 1,296
Female Population 994
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 767
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khera compares

By the 2011 count Khera is the 22nd largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents. Its 964.82 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 864.

Getting to Khera

Khera is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khera as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 61 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Kabrai, about 20 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 Gaurihar 11 km
Nearest town Lauri 13 km
Nearest railway station Kabrai 20 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 61 km

Villages closest to Khera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khera village had a population of 2,290. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents.

Khera village has 1,296 males and 994 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khera has about 767 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 864.

Khera covers 964.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khera falls under Gaurihar tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khera is Kabrai, about 20 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 5 - 10 km distance for Khera.

Khera is about 61 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khera is in Gaurihar tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Gaurihar is about 11 km away. Lauri is about 13 km away. Kabrai is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bachhera Khera (under 2 km), Barikhera (under 2 km) and Nibikhera (under 2 km).

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

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