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About Kharkwali Village

Kharkwali is a mid sized village in Gharaunda tehsil, in the district of Karnal, Haryana. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 510, made up of 282 males and 228 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 809 females per 1000 males. The village covers 131 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 132114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kharkwali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharkwali village
Description Value
State Haryana
District Karnal
Tehsil Gharaunda
Pincode 132114
Area (hectares) 131 hectares
Population 510
Male Population 282
Female Population 228
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 809
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kharkwali compares

By the 2011 count Kharkwali is the 45th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,947 residents. Its 131 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 901.

Getting to Kharkwali

Kharkwali 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 Kharkwali as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Kharkwali from other places

Kharkwali lies about 9.9 km from Karnal, and the nearest railway station is Bazida Jatan, about under 2 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.

Distances from Kharkwali
Nearest railway station Bazida Jatan under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Gharaunda 7.4 km
District headquarters Karnal 9.9 km

Villages closest to Kharkwali

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

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.

Common questions about Kharkwali

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharkwali village had a population of 510. That makes it the 45th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,947 residents.

Kharkwali village has 282 males and 228 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharkwali has about 809 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 901.

The pincode recorded for Kharkwali is 132114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kharkwali covers 131 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kharkwali falls under Gharaunda tehsil of Karnal district in Haryana.

The nearest railway station to Kharkwali is Bazida Jatan, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Kharkwali.

Kharkwali is about 9.9 km from Karnal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharkwali is in Gharaunda tehsil of Karnal district. Bazida Jatan is about under 2 km away. Gharaunda is about 7.4 km away. Karnal is about 9.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jhinwar Heri (1.6 km), Hasanpur (3.4 km) and Bijna (4.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Kharkwali today is likely to be higher.

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