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About Khilara Village

Khilara is a mid sized village in Mauranipur tehsil, in the district of Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,564, made up of 843 males and 721 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42.77 hectares hectares.

Khilara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khilara village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jhansi
Tehsil Mauranipur
Area (hectares) 42.77 hectares
Population 1,564
Male Population 843
Female Population 721
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 855
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 Khilara compares

By the 2011 count Khilara is the 79th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,048 residents. Its 42.77 hectares work out to about 37 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 902.

Getting to Khilara

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

Khilara lies about 71 km from Jhansi, and the nearest railway station is Rora, about 8.9 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 Khilara
Nearest railway station Rora 8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Mauranipur 11 km
Nearest town Nowgong 27 km
District headquarters Jhansi 71 km

Villages closest to Khilara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khilara village had a population of 1,564. That makes it the 79th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,048 residents.

Khilara village has 843 males and 721 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khilara has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 902.

Khilara covers 42.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 37 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Khilara falls under Mauranipur tehsil of Jhansi district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khilara is Rora, about 8.9 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 Khilara.

Khilara is about 71 km from Jhansi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khilara is in Mauranipur tehsil of Jhansi district. Rora is about 8.9 km away. Mauranipur is about 11 km away. Nowgong is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhandra (1.5 km), Basariya (2.0 km) and Puruwa (2.3 km).

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

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