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About Khara Village

Khara is a large village in Kirnapur tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,461, made up of 1,731 males and 1,730 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 999 females per 1000 males. The village covers 678.48 hectares hectares.

Khara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khara village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Kirnapur
Area (hectares) 678.48 hectares
Population 3,461
Male Population 1,731
Female Population 1,730
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 999
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Khara compares

By the 2011 count Khara is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents. Its 678.48 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Khara

The census records public bus service for Khara as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khara from other places

Khara lies about 16 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Khara, 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 Khara
Nearest railway station Khara under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Kirnapur 14 km
District headquarters Balaghat 16 km
Nearest town Bālāghāt 16 km

Villages closest to Khara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khara village had a population of 3,461. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents.

Khara village has 1,731 males and 1,730 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khara has about 999 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1024.

Khara covers 678.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khara falls under Kirnapur tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khara is Khara, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Khara is about 16 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khara is in Kirnapur tehsil of Balaghat district. Khara is about under 2 km away. Kirnapur is about 14 km away. Balaghat is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mohgaon Kalan (under 2 km), Batarmara (2.3 km) and Mangoli Khurd (2.6 km).

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

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