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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Khaira is a village in Deo mandal, Aurangabad district, Bihar. It has a population of 1,196 across 178 households, with a literacy rate of 54.3%. The village is located at coordinates 24.872°N, 86.207°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Puja Chaudhary
Contact: 91****6525
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- LGD code
- 254406
- Pincode
- 824202
- Post office
- Deo
- Population
- 1,196
- Households
- 178
- Literacy rate
- 54.3%
- Sex ratio
- 866 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 384
- Distance to district centre
- 88 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 73 km
- Distance to Patna
- 134 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 337 km
- Nearest railway station
- Chaura BH · 10 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Khaira · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Khaira compares
By population, Khaira ranks #40 of 121 villages in Deo mandal.
Literacy rate
%
54.3%
−2.2% vs mandal average
Khaira54.3%
Deo mandal56.5%
Aurangabad district57.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
866
−74 vs mandal average
Khaira866
Deo mandal940
Household size
people per home
6.7
+0.4 vs mandal average
Khaira6.7
Deo mandal6.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khaira at a glance
Khaira is a village of 1,196 people in 178 households (Census 2011) in Deo block, Aurangabad district, Bihar, the 40th-largest of 121 villages in Deo block. Literacy is 54%, 2 points below the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 866 women per 1,000 men. It lies 88 km from the Aurangabad district centre, 0 km from Khaira, the nearest town, 10 km from Chaura BH railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 824202, served by Deo post office; the LGD village code is 254406. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Khaira, <1 km away. The sarpanch is Puja Chaudhary, and the village votes in Begusarai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kundan Kumar. The population is estimated at 1,410 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Khaira
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 1
- Power hours (winter)
- 1
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 1
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- AURANGABAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 29
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 29
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 11
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Banua
- Total area (ha)
- 138
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 76
- Forest area (ha)
- 25
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Khaira
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Khaira
- LGD code
- 254406
- Pincode
- 824202
- Post office
- Deo
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,196
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,410
- Households
- 178
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 866
- Literacy rate
- 54.3%
- Coordinates
- 24.87239°N, 86.20727°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Begusarai
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Begusarai
- Member of Parliament
- Giriraj Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kundan Kumar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Puja Chaudhary
- Block / Mandal
- Deo
Getting there
How to reach Khaira
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna134 kmcapital
- Kolkata337 km
- Delhi985 km
- Hyderabad1155 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationChaura BH10 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Khaira<1 km
- CollegeGovernment Engineering College, Sheikhpura49 km
- Police stationFaridpur Police Station55 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)