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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Khaira is a village in Paraiya mandal, Gaya district, Bihar, with a population of 1,103 across 152 households. The literacy rate is 56.7%. The village is located at coordinates 24.872°N, 86.207°E under PIN code 824209.
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- LGD code
- 255446
- Pincode
- 824209
- Post office
- Paraiya
- Population
- 1,103
- Households
- 152
- Literacy rate
- 56.7%
- Sex ratio
- 876 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 556
- Distance to district centre
- 83 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 43 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 #34 of 85 villages in Paraiya mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.7%
+3.1% vs mandal average
Khaira56.7%
Paraiya mandal53.6%
Gaya district52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
876
−56 vs mandal average
Khaira876
Paraiya mandal932
Household size
people per home
7.3
+1.1 vs mandal average
Khaira7.3
Paraiya mandal6.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khaira at a glance
Khaira is a village of 1,103 people in 152 households (Census 2011) in Paraiya block, Gaya district, Bihar, the 34th-largest of 85 villages in Paraiya block. Literacy is 57%, 3 points above the block average of 54% and the sex ratio is 876 women per 1,000 men. It lies 83 km from the Gaya district centre, 0 km from Khaira, the nearest town, 10 km from Chaura BH railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 824209, served by Paraiya post office; the LGD village code is 255446. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Khaira, <1 km away. The village votes in Matihani assembly constituency, represented by MLA Narendra Kumar Singh Alias Bogo Singh. The population is estimated at 1,300 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
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GAYA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 22
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 2
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Paraiya Khurd
- Total area (ha)
- 117
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 112
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
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
- 255446
- Pincode
- 824209
- Post office
- Paraiya
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,103
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,300
- Households
- 152
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 876
- Literacy rate
- 56.7%
- Coordinates
- 24.87239°N, 86.20727°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Begusarai
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Matihani
- Member of Parliament
- Giriraj Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Narendra Kumar Singh Alias Bogo Singh
- Block / Mandal
- Paraiya
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 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)