Khair

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

The town 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 leader of the rebels of Tappal, Khurja, Koel, Chandausi and Atrauli parganas.

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.

Education

• Panchsheel City School Khair

See also

• Block colony, Khair
• List of cities in Uttar Pradesh

References

1. Abul Khair Group
2. Khair (disambiguation)
3. Khair Bakhsh Marri
4. Ras Al-Khair
5. Tabish Khair
6. Abul Khair Abdullah
7. Sa'ad Khair
8. Abul Khair–Neplyuyev conflict
9. Khair Khāna
10. Abul Khair
11. Khair ad-Din
12. Abul Khair Khan
13. Al-Khair Foundation
14. Hayır Bey
15. Khair Jan Baloch
16. Masjid Al-Khair
17. Dhi Khair
18. Hayreddin Barbarossa
19. Saeed Pasha Khair
20. Wan Mohammad Khair-il Anuar