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About Khaera Village

Khaera is a mid sized village in Bangomunda tehsil, in the district of Balangir, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,695, made up of 913 males and 782 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 585 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 767040, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khaera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khaera village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Balangir
Tehsil Bangomunda
Pincode 767040
Area (hectares) 585 hectares
Population 1,695
Male Population 913
Female Population 782
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 857
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 Khaera compares

By the 2011 count Khaera is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 714 residents. Its 585 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 977.

Getting to Khaera

Khaera is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Khaera 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 Khaera from other places

Khaera lies about 101 km from Balangir, and the nearest railway station is Turekala Road, 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 Khaera
Tehsil headquarters Bangomunda 32 km
Nearest railway station Turekala Road 35 km
Nearest town Kantābānji 37 km
District headquarters Balangir 101 km

Villages closest to Khaera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khaera village had a population of 1,695. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 714 residents.

Khaera village has 913 males and 782 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khaera has about 857 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Khaera is 767040. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khaera covers 585 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khaera falls under Bangomunda tehsil of Balangir district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Khaera is Turekala Road, 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 Khaera.

Khaera is about 101 km from Balangir in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khaera is in Bangomunda tehsil of Balangir district. Bangomunda is about 32 km away. Turekala Road is about 35 km away. Kantābānji is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gohirapadar (under 2 km), Salepara (7.0 km) and Talbhata (8.5 km).

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

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