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About Khakra Village

Khakra is a mid sized village in Chhabra tehsil, in the district of Baran, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,145, made up of 608 males and 537 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 194 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 325220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khakra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khakra village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Baran
Tehsil Chhabra
Pincode 325220
Area (hectares) 194 hectares
Population 1,145
Male Population 608
Female Population 537
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 883
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khakra compares

By the 2011 count Khakra is the 26th largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 639 residents. Its 194 hectares work out to about 5.9 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 913.

Getting to Khakra

Khakra is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Khakra as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khakra from other places

Khakra lies about 60 km from Baran, and the nearest railway station is Chhabra Gugor, about 4.9 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 Khakra
Tehsil headquarters Chhabra 3.0 km
Nearest railway station Chhabra Gugor 4.9 km
District headquarters Baran 60 km

Villages closest to Khakra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khakra village had a population of 1,145. That makes it the 26th largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 639 residents.

Khakra village has 608 males and 537 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khakra has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 913.

The pincode recorded for Khakra is 325220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khakra covers 194 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khakra falls under Chhabra tehsil of Baran district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Khakra is Chhabra Gugor, about 4.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Khakra is about 60 km from Baran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khakra is in Chhabra tehsil of Baran district. Chhabra is about 3.0 km away. Chhabra Gugor is about 4.9 km away. Baran is about 60 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Parolya (1.6 km), Koloo Kheri (1.7 km) and Neem Thoor (2.8 km).

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

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