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Chhattisgarh sugar mill distributes 50 kg sugar to over 11,000 shareholder farmers at Rs 30/kg
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Khaira is a village in Dabhra mandal, Sakti district, Chhattisgarh. It has a population of 1,164 across 291 households with a literacy rate of 62.3%. The village is located at coordinates 21.743°N, 82.579°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
yashoda sidar
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- LGD code
- 437127
- Pincode
- 495688
- Post office
- Dabhra
- Population
- 1,164
- Households
- 291
- Literacy rate
- 62.3%
- Sex ratio
- 911 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 426
- Distance to district centre
- 21 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 112 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 603 km
- Nearest railway station
- demo railway · 23 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Govt Hospital Dhurkot · 23 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Khaira compares
By population, Khaira ranks #41 of 85 villages in Dabhra mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.3%
+1.1% vs mandal average
- Khaira
- 62.3%
- Dabhra mandal
- 61.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
911
−94 vs mandal average
- Khaira
- 911
- Dabhra mandal
- 1,005
Household size
people per home
4.0
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Khaira
- 4.0
- Dabhra mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khaira at a glance
Khaira is a village of 1,164 people in 291 households (Census 2011) in Dabhra tehsil, Sakti district, Chhattisgarh, the 41st-largest of 85 villages in Dabhra tehsil. Literacy is 62%, 1 points above the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 911 women per 1,000 men. It lies 21 km from the Sakti district centre, 23 km from demo railway railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 495688, served by Dabhra post office; the LGD village code is 437127. The nearest hospital or health centre is Govt Hospital Dhurkot, 23 km away. The sarpanch is yashoda sidar, and the village votes in Bilaigarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kavita Pran Lahrey. The population is estimated at 1,372 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
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- DABHRA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 7
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 56
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 77
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- PHARASAWANI
- Total area (ha)
- 236.98
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 14.76
- 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
- 437127
- Pincode
- 495688
- Post office
- Dabhra
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,164
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,372
- Households
- 291
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 911
- Literacy rate
- 62.3%
- Coordinates
- 21.74348°N, 82.57934°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Janjgir-Champa
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bilaigarh
- Member of Parliament
- Kamlesh Jangde
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kavita Pran Lahrey
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- yashoda sidar
- Block / Mandal
- Dabhra
Getting there
How to reach Khaira
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur112 kmcapital
- Kolkata603 km
- Hyderabad647 km
- Delhi935 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationdemo railway23 km
- Hospital / PHCGovt Hospital Dhurkot23 km
- Petrol pumpIBP Petrol Station30 km
- CollegeDr. C. V. Raman University49 km
- Police stationPolice Station29 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Khaira
8 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Brick Temple of ShabariTemple<1 km ↗
- 🛕Shabari temple, KharodTemple<1 km ↗
- 🛕brick temple of SavariTemple<1 km ↗
- 🛕Andaldeo templeTemple<1 km ↗
- 🛕Indal Deul temple, KharodTemple<1 km ↗
- 🛕Laxmaneshwar Temple, KharodTemple<1 km ↗
- 🛕Sheorinarayana Temple and compoundTemple2.0 km ↗
- 🛕The Sheorinarayana Temple, together with ruined brick temples in the same compound and the inscription built into the wall of the Chandrachuda templeTemple2.9 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)