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About Khaira Village

Khaira is a large village in Chitrangi tehsil, in the district of Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,653, made up of 1,388 males and 1,265 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 911 females per 1000 males. The village covers 703.96 hectares hectares.

Khaira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khaira village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Singrauli
Tehsil Chitrangi
Area (hectares) 703.96 hectares
Population 2,653
Male Population 1,388
Female Population 1,265
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 911
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
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 22nd largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents. Its 703.96 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Khaira

Khaira is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. 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 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 42 km from Singrauli, and the nearest railway station is Gondwali, about 35 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 Chitrangi 9.4 km
Nearest railway station Gondwali 35 km
District headquarters Singrauli 42 km

Villages closest to Khaira

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chitrangi 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 2,653. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents.

Khaira village has 1,388 males and 1,265 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khaira has about 911 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 939.

Khaira covers 703.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khaira falls under Chitrangi tehsil of Singrauli district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khaira is Gondwali, about 35 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khaira.

Khaira is about 42 km from Singrauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khaira is in Chitrangi tehsil of Singrauli district. Chitrangi is about 9.4 km away. Gondwali is about 35 km away. Singrauli is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gangi (2.2 km), Deogaon (3.6 km) and Nandani (3.8 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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