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Khaira Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Khaira is a large village located in Batala Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 423 families residing. The Khaira village has population of 2244 of which 1200 are males while 1044 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Khaira village population of children with age 0-6 is 265 which makes up 11.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Khaira village is 870 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Khaira as per census is 893, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Khaira village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Khaira village was 78.27 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Khaira Male literacy stands at 84.06 % while female literacy rate was 71.60 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Khaira village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Khaira village.

Khaira Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 423 - -
Population 2,244 1,200 1,044
Child (0-6) 265 140 125
Schedule Caste 800 424 376
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.27 % 84.06 % 71.60 %
Total Workers 781 699 82
Main Worker 772 - -
Marginal Worker 9 6 3

Caste Factor

In Khaira village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.65 % of total population in Khaira village. The village Khaira currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Khaira village out of total population, 781 were engaged in work activities. 98.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 781 workers engaged in Main Work, 327 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 168 were Agricultural labourer.