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About Gala Khera Village

Gala Khera is a mid sized village in Kathumar tehsil, in the district of Alwar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,431, made up of 793 males and 638 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 805 females per 1000 males. The village covers 249.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 301035, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gala Khera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gala Khera village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Alwar
Tehsil Kathumar
Pincode 301035
Area (hectares) 249.69 hectares
Population 1,431
Male Population 793
Female Population 638
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 805
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gala Khera compares

By the 2011 count Gala Khera is the 50th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,497 residents. Its 249.69 hectares work out to about 5.7 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 879.

Getting to Gala Khera

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

How far is Gala Khera from other places

Gala Khera lies about 54 km from Alwar, and the nearest railway station is Kherli, about 3.4 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 Gala Khera
Nearest railway station Kherli 3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Kathumar 13 km
Nearest town Nādbai 18 km
District headquarters Alwar 54 km

Villages closest to Gala Khera

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kathumar 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 Gala Khera

As per the Census of India 2011, Gala Khera village had a population of 1,431. That makes it the 50th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,497 residents.

Gala Khera village has 793 males and 638 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gala Khera has about 805 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 879.

The pincode recorded for Gala Khera is 301035. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gala Khera covers 249.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gala Khera falls under Kathumar tehsil of Alwar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Gala Khera is Kherli, about 3.4 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 5 - 10 km distance for Gala Khera.

Gala Khera is about 54 km from Alwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gala Khera is in Kathumar tehsil of Alwar district. Kherli is about 3.4 km away. Kathumar is about 13 km away. Nādbai is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Medpura (under 2 km), Sonkhar (under 2 km) and Peepal Khera (2.0 km).

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

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