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About Khatka Village

Khatka is a mid sized village in Shahbad tehsil, in the district of Baran, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,899, made up of 973 males and 926 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 952 females per 1000 males. The village covers 436 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 325217, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khatka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khatka village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Baran
Tehsil Shahbad
Pincode 325217
Area (hectares) 436 hectares
Population 1,899
Male Population 973
Female Population 926
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 952
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khatka compares

By the 2011 count Khatka is the 15th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 808 residents. Its 436 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Khatka

Khatka is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khatka 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khatka from other places

Khatka lies about 52 km from Baran, and the nearest railway station is Chhajawa, about 49 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 Khatka
Tehsil headquarters Shahbad 15 km
Nearest railway station Chhajawa 49 km
District headquarters Baran 52 km
Nearest town Bārān 52 km

Villages closest to Khatka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khatka village had a population of 1,899. That makes it the 15th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 808 residents.

Khatka village has 973 males and 926 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khatka has about 952 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Khatka is 325217. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khatka covers 436 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khatka falls under Shahbad tehsil of Baran district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Khatka is Chhajawa, about 49 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khatka.

Khatka is about 52 km from Baran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khatka is in Shahbad tehsil of Baran district. Shahbad is about 15 km away. Chhajawa is about 49 km away. Baran is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhanwatipura (under 2 km), Niwari (under 2 km) and Kamlawada (under 2 km).

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

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