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About Khara Village

Khara is a mid sized village in Mansa tehsil, in the district of Mansa, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,973, made up of 1,070 males and 903 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 844 females per 1000 males. The village covers 773 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 151505, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khara village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Mansa
Tehsil Mansa
Pincode 151505
Area (hectares) 773 hectares
Population 1,973
Male Population 1,070
Female Population 903
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 844
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khara compares

By the 2011 count Khara is the 55th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,892 residents. Its 773 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 871.

Getting to Khara

Khara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khara as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khara from other places

Khara lies about 7.2 km from Mansa, and the nearest railway station is Narinderpura, about 4.0 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 Khara
Nearest railway station Narinderpura 4.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Mansa 7.2 km
Nearest town Mānsa 7.2 km

Villages closest to Khara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mansa 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 1,973. That makes it the 55th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,892 residents.

Khara village has 1,070 males and 903 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khara has about 844 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 871.

The pincode recorded for Khara is 151505. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khara covers 773 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khara falls under Mansa tehsil of Mansa district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khara is Narinderpura, about 4.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Khara is about 7.2 km from Mansa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khara is in Mansa tehsil of Mansa district. Narinderpura is about 4.0 km away. Mansa is about 7.2 km away. Mānsa is about 7.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barnala (2.1 km), Hirewala (2.2 km) and Saharna (4.4 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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