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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Khaira is a village in Sasaram mandal, Rohtas district, Bihar, with a population of 1,421 across 277 households. The village has a literacy rate of 73.6% and is identified by PIN code 821113.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Vimla Devi
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- LGD code
- 252329
- Pincode
- 821113
- Post office
- Takia Bazar
- Population
- 1,421
- Households
- 277
- Literacy rate
- 73.6%
- Sex ratio
- 885 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 409
- Distance to district centre
- 117 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 71 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 #53 of 175 villages in Sasaram mandal.
Literacy rate
%
73.6%
+16.0% vs mandal average
- Khaira
- 73.6%
- Sasaram mandal
- 57.6%
- Rohtas district
- 60.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
885
−35 vs mandal average
- Khaira
- 885
- Sasaram mandal
- 920
Household size
people per home
5.1
−1.2 vs mandal average
- Khaira
- 5.1
- Sasaram mandal
- 6.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khaira at a glance
Khaira is a village of 1,421 people in 277 households (Census 2011) in Sasaram block, Rohtas district, Bihar, the 53rd-largest of 175 villages in Sasaram block. Literacy is 74%, 16 points above the block average of 58% and the sex ratio is 885 women per 1,000 men. It lies 117 km from the Rohtas district centre, 0 km from Khaira, the nearest town, 10 km from Chaura BH railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 821113, served by Takia Bazar post office; the LGD village code is 252329. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Khaira, <1 km away. The sarpanch is Vimla Devi, and the village votes in Asthawan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jitendra Kumar. The population is estimated at 1,675 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
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SASARAM
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 2
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 2
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 2
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Beladi
- Total area (ha)
- 112.6
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 105.7
- 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
- 252329
- Pincode
- 821113
- Post office
- Takia Bazar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,421
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,675
- Households
- 277
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 885
- Literacy rate
- 73.6%
- Coordinates
- 24.87239°N, 86.20727°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Nalanda
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Asthawan
- Member of Parliament
- Kaushalendra Kumar
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Jitendra Kumar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Vimla Devi
- Block / Mandal
- Sasaram
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
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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