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Khaira

खैरा
Goh mandal
Pincode 824203
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Festival

Dussehra (Vijayadashami)दशहरा

Khaira observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.

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Dussehra (Vijayadashami) in Bihar

Ramlila through the nine nights and the burning of Ravana, Meghnad and Kumbhakarna effigies on Dussehra evening. Kullu Dussehra in Himachal begins on Vijayadashami and runs a week, with village deities carried to Dhalpur maidan.

The regional form observed across North India. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.

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Khaira is a village in Goh mandal, Aurangabad district, Bihar. It has a population of 834 across 119 households, with a literacy rate of 38.2%.

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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
CHANDRA BHUSHAN KUMAR
Contact: 85****6165
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LGD code
252940
Pincode
824203
Post office
Goh
Population
834
Households
119
Literacy rate
38.2%
Sex ratio
821 ♀/1000♂
Workers
467
Distance to district centre
88 km
Distance to mandal centre
105 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 #105 of 176 villages in Goh mandal.

Literacy rate
%
38.2%
−15.5% vs mandal average
Khaira38.2%
Goh mandal53.7%
Aurangabad district57.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
821
−101 vs mandal average
Khaira821
Goh mandal922
Household size
people per home
7.0
+0.2 vs mandal average
Khaira7.0
Goh mandal6.8

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

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Khaira at a glance

Khaira is a village of 834 people in 119 households (Census 2011) in Goh block, Aurangabad district, Bihar, the 105th-largest of 176 villages in Goh block. Literacy is 38%, 16 points below the block average of 54% and the sex ratio is 821 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 824203, served by Goh post office; the LGD village code is 252940. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Khaira, <1 km away. The sarpanch is CHANDRA BHUSHAN KUMAR, and the village votes in Alamnagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Narendra Narayan Yadav. The population is estimated at 983 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

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Nearby villages compared

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villagePopulationLiteracyDistance
Khaira · this village83438%—
Khaira · Nagra5,80757%0 km N
Khaira · Khaira9,58158%0 km N
Khaira · Sasaram——0 km N
Khaira · Bhagwanpur20557%0 km N
Khaira · Bhabua1,24761%0 km N
Khaira · Dumaria88548%0 km N

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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
Yes
Electricity for homes
No
Electricity for farms
No
Power hours (summer)
0
Power hours (winter)
0
Primary school
1
Middle school
1
Secondary school
0
Senior secondary
0
Degree college
0
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
No
Railway station
No
Pucca (paved) road
No
Anganwadi centre
No
ASHA worker
No
Fair-price shop
No
Mandi / regular market
No
Weekly haat
No
Nearest statutory town
DAUD NAGAR
Distance to nearest town (km)
42
Distance to district HQ (km)
46
Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
10
All-weather road
No
Gram panchayat (2011)
Uphara
Total area (ha)
87
Irrigated area (ha)
4.2
Forest area (ha)
0

Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.

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Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.

Key facts — Khaira

LGD code
252940
Pincode
824203
Post office
Goh
Population (Census 2011)
834
Population (projected 2026)
983
Households
119
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
821
Literacy rate
38.2%
Coordinates
24.87239°N, 86.20727°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Madhepura
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Alamnagar
Member of Parliament
Dinesh Chandra Yadav
Member of Legislative Assembly
Narendra Narayan Yadav
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
CHANDRA BHUSHAN KUMAR
Block / Mandal
Goh
Getting there

How to reach Khaira

Mandal centre
Goh · ≈ 105 km
≈ 3 h 35 min by car · 4 h 16 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Aurangabad · ≈ 88 km
≈ 3 h by car · 3 h 33 min by bike
Directions
Nearest town · 14,128 people
Khaira · ≈ under 1 km
Directions
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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Sources & freshness
  • 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)
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