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About Khera Village

Khera is a mid sized village in Garhakota tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 730, made up of 385 males and 345 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 276.56 hectares hectares.

Khera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khera village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Garhakota
Area (hectares) 276.56 hectares
Population 730
Male Population 385
Female Population 345
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 896
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khera compares

By the 2011 count Khera is the 44th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 866 residents. Its 276.56 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 908.

Getting to Khera

Khera is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khera as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Khera from other places

Khera lies about 44 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Patharia, about 9.2 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 Garhakota 5.9 km
Nearest town Garhākota 5.9 km
Nearest railway station Patharia 9.2 km
District headquarters Sagar 44 km

Villages closest to Khera

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Garhakota 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 730. That makes it the 44th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 866 residents.

Khera village has 385 males and 345 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khera 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 908.

Khera covers 276.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khera falls under Garhakota tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khera is Patharia, about 9.2 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khera.

Khera is about 44 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khera is in Garhakota tehsil of Sagar district. Garhakota is about 5.9 km away. Garhākota is about 5.9 km away. Patharia is about 9.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khejra (under 2 km), Ghogra (1.8 km) and Datpura (2.2 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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