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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Khairna
| native_name = खैरना
| native_name_lang = hi
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| settlement_type = town
| image_skyline = Khyrna Bridge on the road to Ranikhet.jpg
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| image_caption = Khairna Bridge, 1895
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttarakhand, India
| coordinates = {{coord|29.496571|79.480985|type:city_region:IN|display=title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttarakhand]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Nainital district|Nainital]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 263135
| registration_plate = UK 04
| website = {{URL|uk.gov.in}}
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'''''Khairna''''' ([[Devanagari]]: खैरना), also spelled Khyrna, is a small hamlet in the [[Nainital district]] of the [[India]]n [[States of india|state]] of [[Uttarakhand]] which grew up around the bridge of the same name which has linked two sides of the Kosi River at this site since the [[British Raj|Colonial Era]].

The Bridge was created in late nineteenth century, when The [[British Indian Empire|British Government]] decided to create a new road along the Khairna river to directly connect the [[Cantonment|cantonment town]] of [[Ranikhet]] to [[Nainital]] the then [[summer capital]] of [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh|United Provinces]]. Several shops were established in further years by individuals giving the area the name Khairna Market.

==Geography==
Khairna is located on the confluence of Kosi and Khairna Rivers,<ref>{{cite news|title=In a league of its own|url=http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Hans/2015-10-17/In-a-league-of-its-own/181364|access-date=12 April 2017|work=The Hans India|date=17 October 2015|language=en}}</ref> around the Khairna Bridge at {{coord|29.496571|79.480985}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Khairna Bridge Latitude and Longitude|url=https://www.distancesto.com/coordinates/in/khairna-bridge-latitude-longitude/history/292878.html|website=www.distancesto.com|access-date=12 April 2017}}</ref> It is located at a distance of 30 km from [[Nainital]] and [[Ranikhet]]. The Khairna Bridge marks the junction of the [[National Highway 109 (India)|National Highway 109]] with the [[Bhowali]]-[[Ranikhet]] Road.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kapadia|first1=Harish|title=Across peaks & passes in Kumaun Himalaya|date=1999|publisher=Indus Publ. Co|location=New Delhi|isbn=9788173870965|language=en}}</ref> The [[river bed]] at Khairna is abundant in [[ironstone]] and [[quartzite]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Records of the Geological Survey of India|year=1874|publisher=The Survey|page=17|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=okI0AQAAMAAJ|access-date=12 April 2017|language=en}}</ref>

==Education==
The pattern of primary education is essentially the same all over the state. There are government owned schools and government aided schools, which are affiliated to the [[Uttarakhand Board of School Education]]. A few privately owned schools are also affiliated to the system. The state education board offers both Hindi and English medium instruction.

The general pattern of education is ten years of common schooling to reach the secondary level. After the secondary level, three streams, namely Arts, Commerce or Science are offered for higher secondary education. After finishing the school, students can opt for higher education related to the streams they had undergone for higher secondary schooling. Approximately 400 students study in the Government Inter College located in Khairna.<ref>{{cite news|last1=खाती|first1=आनंद|title=खैरना का आदर्श विद्यालय बायो मैट्रिक मशीन और गेट तक सीमित|url=http://www.amarujala.com/uttarakhand/nainital/bio-metric-machine-and-limited-to-the-gate-of-the-ideal-school-khairna|access-date=12 April 2017|work=Amar Ujala|date=11 May 2016|location=गरमपानी|language=hi}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Nainital district}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Nainital district]]
[[Category:Tourism in Uttarakhand]]

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