Khair
Khair is a city and a municipal board in Aligarh district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Khair is the biggest town of Aligarh district. It is situated around 114 km from Delhi and 60 km from Mathura.
Khair | |
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City | |
  Khair Location in Uttar Pradesh, India  Khair Khair (India) | |
| Coordinates: 27.95°N 77.83°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Aligarh |
| Government | |
| • Type | Tehsil |
| • Body | Nagar Palika |
| • MLA | Anoop Valmiki (BJP) |
| • MP | Satish Gautam(BJP) |
| • Chairman | Sanjeev Agrawal(BJP) |
| Elevation | 188 m (617 ft) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 35,751 |
| Language | |
| • Official | Hindi[2] |
| • Additional official | Urdu[2] |
| • Regional | Brajbhasha[3] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 202138 |
| Telephone code | 05724 |
| Vehicle registration | UP-81 |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Khair |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Hathras |
Demographics
As of 2011 Indian Census, Khair had a total population of 35,751, of which 19,019 were males and 16,732 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 5,322. The total number of literates in Khair was 20,334, which constituted 56.9% of the population with male literacy of 63.4% and female literacy of 49.4%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Khair was 66.8%, of which male literacy rate was 74.5% and female literacy rate was 58.0%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 6,485 and 6 respectively. Khair had 5883 households in 2011.[1]
Education
There are many educational institutes in the city.
References
- "Census of India: Khair". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- "Braj Bhasha". Ethnologue. Retrieved 20 December 2020.