About Khaira Village

Khaira is a large village in Batala tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,244, made up of 1,200 males and 1,044 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 444 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143602, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khaira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khaira village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Batala
Pincode	143602
Area (hectares)	444 hectares
Population	2,244
Male Population	1,200
Female Population	1,044
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	870
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 49th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents. Its 444 hectares work out to about 5.1 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 910.

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 27 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Batala Sugar Mills, about 11 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	Batala Sugar Mills	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Batala	14 km
Nearest town	Batāla	14 km
District headquarters	Gurdaspur	27 km

Villages closest to Khaira

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

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Common questions about Khaira

As per the Census of India 2011, Khaira village had a population of 2,244. That makes it the 49th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents.

Khaira village has 1,200 males and 1,044 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khaira has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 910.

The pincode recorded for Khaira is 143602. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khaira covers 444 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khaira falls under Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khaira is Batala Sugar Mills, about 11 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 27 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khaira is in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Batala Sugar Mills is about 11 km away. Batala is about 14 km away. Batāla is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.