Khair is a town 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 27 km from
Aligarh, 114 km from
Delhi and 60 km from
Mathura.
History
It was held by Amar Singh Jat during the 17th century. Amar Singh revolted against the Mughal Empire and declared his independent. He also built the fortress of Rait and became the leaders of all the rebels of Tappal, Khurja, Koel, Chandausi and Atrauli parganas.
Demographics
As of
2011 Indian Census
The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...
, 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.
Education
*
lalit institute, khair (computer).
* Panchsheel City School Khair
See also
*
Malipura, Khair
*
List of cities in Uttar Pradesh
References
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Cities and towns in Aligarh district