Khera Kalan is a village in Narela Sub Division in North Delhi district in the Indian union territory of Delhi. It is also known as Badda Khera. The nearest railway station is Khera Kalan railway station. Narela is the nearest town and Rohini is the nearest urbanised area. Khurd and Kalan Persian language word which means small and big respectively when two villages have the same name they are is distinguished as Kalan means Big and Khurd means Small with Village Name. It is in Narela assembly constituency.

Khera Kalan
Badda Khera
Nickname: 
Badda Khera
Khera Kalan Village located in North Delhi district in Delhi
Khera Kalan Village located in North Delhi district in Delhi
Khera Kalan is located in Delhi
Khera Kalan
Khera Kalan
Location in Delhi, India
Coordinates: 28°46′41″N 77°05′56″E / 28.77806°N 77.09882°E / 28.77806; 77.09882
Country India
Union TerritoryDelhi
DistrictNorth Delhi
TehsilNarela
Assembly constituencyNarela Assembly constituency
Government
 • TypeMunicipal Corporation
 • BodyMunicipal Corporation of Delhi
Area
 • Total
7 km2 (3 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total
11,234
 • Density1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialHindi, English, Haryanvi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Websitewww.dmrceu.org

Population

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In 2011, a report published by Census India stated that Khera Kalan had 1,539 households and a total population of 11,252. This included 6,397 males and 5,855 females.[2] There were 1,095 children between the ages of 0 and 6 which equated to 13.27% of the village population. The distribution of the population in the 2011 census was 877 adult females for every 1,000 adult males. There were 891 female children for every 1,000 male children. This is compared to the average for the larger territory of Delhi where there are 871 females for every 1,000 males.

Khera Kalan has Delhi's largest representation of Jatrana Jats at over 60% of the population .15% Population were Paarcha Clan Balmiki community in the village.The Brahmins represent 6% of the village population while Muslims represent 5% of the population. Therefore, over 70% of the village's land belongs to members of the Jatrana Gotra.[1] The total Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population in the town was 1,807 people and all were Scheduled Castes. There are no people belonging to Scheduled Tribes recorded in the town.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Census 2011, Khera Kalan town Data".
  2. ^ a b "Khera Kalan town". censusindia.co.in. Retrieved 1 November 2017.