About Khaira Village

Khaira is a mid sized village in Ghorawal tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 609, made up of 322 males and 287 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 231215, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khaira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khaira village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Sonbhadra
Tehsil	Ghorawal
Pincode	231215
Area (hectares)	95.4 hectares
Population	609
Male Population	322
Female Population	287
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	891
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khaira compares

By the 2011 count Khaira is the 159th largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 822 residents. Its 95.4 hectares work out to about 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

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 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 14 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Khairahi, 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	Khairahi	9.6 km
District headquarters	Sonbhadra	14 km
Nearest town	Robertsganj	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ghorawal	16 km

Villages closest to Khaira

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ghorawal 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 609. That makes it the 159th largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 822 residents.

Khaira village has 322 males and 287 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, well below the tehsil average of 932.

The pincode recorded for Khaira is 231215. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khaira covers 95.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khaira falls under Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khaira is Khairahi, about 9.6 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Khaira.

Khaira is about 14 km from Sonbhadra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khaira is in Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Khairahi is about 9.6 km away. Sonbhadra is about 14 km away. Robertsganj is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.