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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUMITRA MALIK
Contact: 85****5349
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- LGD code
- 332641
- Pincode
- 711401
- Post office
- Amta
- Population
- 1,260
- Households
- 298
- Literacy rate
- 60.6%
- Sex ratio
- 903 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 568
Census 2011 · in context
How Khaira compares
By population, Khaira ranks #53 of 73 villages in Amta - I mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.6%
−11.5% vs mandal average
- Khaira
- 60.6%
- Amta - I mandal
- 72.1%
- Howrah district
- 74.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
903
−46 vs mandal average
- Khaira
- 903
- Amta - I mandal
- 949
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Khaira
- 4.2
- Amta - I mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khaira at a glance
Khaira is a village of 1,260 people in 298 households (Census 2011) in Amta - I block, Howrah district, West Bengal, the 53rd-largest of 73 villages in Amta - I block. Literacy is 61%, 11 points below the block average of 72% and the sex ratio is 903 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 711401, served by Amta post office; the LGD village code is 332641. The sarpanch is SUMITRA MALIK, and the village votes in Udaynarayanpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Samir Kumar Panja. The population is estimated at 1,486 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
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 183.78
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 18
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Khaira
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Key facts — Khaira
- LGD code
- 332641
- Pincode
- 711401
- Post office
- Amta
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,260
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,486
- Households
- 298
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 903
- Literacy rate
- 60.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Uluberia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Udaynarayanpur
- Member of Parliament
- Sajda Ahmed
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Samir Kumar Panja
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SUMITRA MALIK
- Block / Mandal
- Amta - I
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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, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)