About Nara Village

Nara is a large village in Lakhpat tehsil, in the district of Kachchh, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,265, made up of 1,194 males and 1,071 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 11159.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 370605, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Nara compares

By the 2011 count Nara is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 727 residents. Its 11159.63 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Nara

Nara is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Nara as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Nara from other places

Nara lies about 130 km from Kachchh, and the nearest railway station is Naliya, about 56 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Villages closest to Nara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lakhpat tehsil.

• Narayan Sarovar under 2 km
• Koteshvar under 2 km
• Kanoj 3.6 km
• Guhar Moti 4.3 km
• Dhunay 4.6 km
• Sheh 5.3 km

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.