About Kharota Village

Kharota is a small village in Akhnoor tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 264, made up of 135 males and 129 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 956 females per 1000 males. The village covers 130.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kharota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharota village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181203
Area (hectares)	130.3 hectares
Population	264
Male Population	135
Female Population	129
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	956
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kharota compares

By the 2011 count Kharota is the 178th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 130.3 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Kharota

Kharota is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kharota as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kharota from other places

Kharota lies about 18 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 13 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 Kharota
Nearest town	Akhnūr	11 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	18 km
District headquarters	Jammu	18 km

Villages closest to Kharota

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

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Common questions about Kharota

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharota village had a population of 264. That makes it the 178th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Kharota village has 135 males and 129 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharota has about 956 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Kharota is 181203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kharota covers 130.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kharota falls under Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Kharota is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kharota.

Kharota is about 18 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharota is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Akhnūr is about 11 km away. Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra is about 13 km away. Akhnoor is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.