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About Khaira Village

Khaira is a mid sized village in Ludhiana West tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,881, made up of 975 males and 906 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1526 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141003, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khaira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khaira village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Ludhiana
Tehsil Ludhiana West
Pincode 141003
Area (hectares) 1526 hectares
Population 1,881
Male Population 975
Female Population 906
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 929
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
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 56th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,180 residents. Its 1526 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 898.

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 <5 km distance. 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 17 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Partabpura, about 9.6 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 Partabpura 9.6 km
Nearest town Phillaur 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Ludhiana West 17 km
District headquarters Ludhiana 17 km

Villages closest to Khaira

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ludhiana West 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 1,881. That makes it the 56th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,180 residents.

Khaira village has 975 males and 906 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khaira has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 898.

The pincode recorded for Khaira is 141003. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khaira covers 1526 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khaira falls under Ludhiana West tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khaira is Partabpura, about 9.6 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khaira.

Khaira is about 17 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khaira is in Ludhiana West tehsil of Ludhiana district. Partabpura is about 9.6 km away. Phillaur is about 11 km away. Ludhiana West is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Burj Man Kaur (under 2 km), Burj Lambra (under 2 km) and Nurpur Bet (2.7 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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