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.

Khair
Town
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Coordinates: 27.95°N 77.83°E / 27.95; 77.83
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Aligarh
Government
• Type	Tehsil
• Body	Nagar Palika Parishad
• 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	Aligarh

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.[4][5][6][7]

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

• lalit institute, khair (computer).
• Panchsheel City School Khair[8]

See also

• Malipura, Khair
• List of cities in Uttar Pradesh

References