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About Khaira Village

Khaira is a mid sized village in Beohari tehsil, in the district of Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,718, made up of 886 males and 832 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 903.31 hectares hectares.

Khaira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khaira village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shahdol
Tehsil Beohari
Area (hectares) 903.31 hectares
Population 1,718
Male Population 886
Female Population 832
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 939
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khaira compares

By the 2011 count Khaira is the 37th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,375 residents. Its 903.31 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 967.

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 5 - 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 83 km from Shahdol, and the nearest railway station is Chhataini, about 4.4 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 Chhataini 4.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Beohari 12 km
Nearest town Beohāri 12 km
District headquarters Shahdol 83 km

Villages closest to Khaira

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Beohari 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 1,718. That makes it the 37th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,375 residents.

Khaira village has 886 males and 832 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khaira has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 967.

Khaira covers 903.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khaira falls under Beohari tehsil of Shahdol district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khaira is Chhataini, about 4.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 83 km from Shahdol in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khaira is in Beohari tehsil of Shahdol district. Chhataini is about 4.4 km away. Beohari is about 12 km away. Beohāri is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ganjar (2.0 km), Dhandho Kui (2.1 km) and Parsel (3.9 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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