Khaira is a village in Ben mandal, Nalanda district, Bihar, with a population of 4,709 across 812 households. It has a literacy rate of 51.1% and is situated at coordinates 24.872°N, 86.207°E with PIN code 803114.
By population, Khaira ranks #5 of 32 villages in Ben mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khaira is a village of 4,709 people in 812 households (Census 2011) in Ben block, Nalanda district, Bihar, the 5th-largest of 32 villages in Ben block. Literacy is 51%, 2 points below the block average, and the sex ratio is 910 women per 1,000 men. It lies 71 km from the Nalanda district centre, 0 km from Khaira, the nearest town, 10 km from Chaura BH railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 803114, served by Parwalpur post office; the LGD village code is 244989. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Khaira, under 1 km away. The village votes in Barh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Siyaram Singh. The population is estimated at 5,552 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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