About Khaira Village

Khaira is a mid sized village in Samrala tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,150, made up of 603 males and 547 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 222 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141115, 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	Samrala
Pincode	141115
Area (hectares)	222 hectares
Population	1,150
Male Population	603
Female Population	547
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	907
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khaira compares

By the 2011 count Khaira is the 57th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 222 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Khaira

Khaira is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khaira as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 26 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Lal kalan, about under 2 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	Lal kalan	under 2 km
Nearest town	Dorāha	7.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Samrala	9.2 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	26 km

Villages closest to Khaira

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Samrala 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 1,150. That makes it the 57th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Khaira village has 603 males and 547 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khaira has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Khaira is 141115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khaira covers 222 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khaira falls under Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khaira is Lal kalan, about under 2 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khaira.

Khaira is about 26 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 Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district. Lal kalan is about under 2 km away. Dorāha is about 7.6 km away. Samrala is about 9.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.