About Kharah Village

Kharah is a mid sized village in Akhnoor tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,497, made up of 779 males and 718 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1017.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kharah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharah village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181203
Area (hectares)	1017.4 hectares
Population	1,497
Male Population	779
Female Population	718
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	922
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kharah compares

By the 2011 count Kharah is the 44th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 1017.4 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Kharah

Kharah is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kharah as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Kharah from other places

Kharah lies about 13 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Bari Brahman, about 7.0 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 Kharah
Nearest railway station	Bari Brahman	7.0 km
Nearest town	Jammu Cantonment	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	13 km
District headquarters	Jammu	13 km

Villages closest to Kharah

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 Kharah

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharah village had a population of 1,497. That makes it the 44th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Kharah village has 779 males and 718 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharah has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

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

Kharah covers 1017.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Kharah is Bari Brahman, about 7.0 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kharah.

Kharah is about 13 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharah is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Bari Brahman is about 7.0 km away. Jammu Cantonment is about 12 km away. Akhnoor is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.