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About Khaira Village

Khaira is a mid sized village in Mat tehsil, in the district of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,906, made up of 1,008 males and 898 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 529.84 hectares hectares.

Khaira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khaira village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Mathura
Tehsil Mat
Area (hectares) 529.84 hectares
Population 1,906
Male Population 1,008
Female Population 898
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 891
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khaira compares

By the 2011 count Khaira is the 79th largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,140 residents. Its 529.84 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 883.

Getting to Khaira

Khaira is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khaira as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Khaira from other places

Khaira lies about 36 km from Mathura, and the nearest railway station is Vrindavan, about 28 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 town Khair 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Mat 21 km
Nearest railway station Vrindavan 28 km
District headquarters Mathura 36 km

Villages closest to Khaira

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mat 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 1,906. That makes it the 79th largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,140 residents.

Khaira village has 1,008 males and 898 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khaira has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 883.

Khaira covers 529.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khaira falls under Mat tehsil of Mathura district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khaira is Vrindavan, about 28 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 <5 km distance for Khaira.

Khaira is about 36 km from Mathura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khaira is in Mat tehsil of Mathura district. Khair is about 16 km away. Mat is about 21 km away. Vrindavan is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bera (under 2 km), Jarara (1.8 km) and Javara (1.8 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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