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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Khera is a village in Khair mandal, Aligarh district, Uttar Pradesh, with a population of 2,075 across 343 households. The village has a literacy rate of 60.7% and is situated at 25.118°N, 79.243°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DHEERAJ LAL
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- LGD code
- 121802
- Pincode
- 202141
- Post office
- Dayal Nagar
- Population
- 2,075
- Households
- 343
- Literacy rate
- 60.7%
- Sex ratio
- 904 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 677
- Distance to district centre
- 320 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 331 km
- Distance to Lucknow
- 257 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 438 km
- Nearest railway station
- Mau Ranipur · 19 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- GOVT. CHC PALERA · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Khera compares
By population, Khera ranks #64 of 179 villages in Khair mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.7%
+1.5% vs mandal average
- Khera
- 60.7%
- Khair mandal
- 59.2%
- Aligarh district
- 57.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
904
+29 vs mandal average
- Khera
- 904
- Khair mandal
- 875
Household size
people per home
6.0
Same as the mandal average
- Khera
- 6.0
- Khair mandal
- 6.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khera at a glance
Khera is a village of 2,075 people in 343 households (Census 2011) in Khair tehsil, Aligarh district, Uttar Pradesh, the 64th-largest of 179 villages in Khair tehsil. Literacy is 61%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 59% and the sex ratio is 904 women per 1,000 men. It lies 320 km from the Aligarh district centre, 4 km from Vijaypur, the nearest town, 19 km from Mau Ranipur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 202141, served by Dayal Nagar post office; the LGD village code is 121802. The nearest hospital or health centre is GOVT. CHC PALERA, 11 km away. The sarpanch is DHEERAJ LAL, and the village votes in Iglas assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajkumar Sahyogi. The population is estimated at 2,446 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Khera
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 9
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ALIGARH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 34
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 34
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 9
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KHERA
- Total area (ha)
- 197.8
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 158.3
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Khera
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Khera
- LGD code
- 121802
- Pincode
- 202141
- Post office
- Dayal Nagar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,075
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,446
- Households
- 343
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 904
- Literacy rate
- 60.7%
- Coordinates
- 25.11776°N, 79.24332°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hathras
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Iglas
- Member of Parliament
- Anoop Pradhan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rajkumar Sahyogi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DHEERAJ LAL
- Block / Mandal
- Khair
Getting there
How to reach Khera
Distance to cities · straight line
- Lucknow257 kmcapital
- Delhi438 km
- Hyderabad863 km
- Mumbai939 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMau Ranipur19 km
- Bus stopGaruatha Chauaraha19 km
- Hospital / PHCGOVT. CHC PALERA11 km
- ATM / bankCentral Bank of India18 km
- Petrol pumpReliance19 km
- CollegeKher Inter College55 km
- Police stationGandhiganj police Chauki18 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-20
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)