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About Khakharlai Village

Khakharlai is a mid sized village in Siwana tehsil, in the district of Barmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,547, made up of 824 males and 723 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 630.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 344044, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khakharlai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khakharlai village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Barmer
Tehsil Siwana
Pincode 344044
Area (hectares) 630.18 hectares
Population 1,547
Male Population 824
Female Population 723
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 877
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khakharlai compares

By the 2011 count Khakharlai is the 63rd largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,129 residents. Its 630.18 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 914.

Getting to Khakharlai

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

How far is Khakharlai from other places

Khakharlai lies about 104 km from Barmer, and the nearest railway station is Mokalsar, about 13 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 Khakharlai
Tehsil headquarters Siwana 5.8 km
Nearest town Siwāna 5.8 km
Nearest railway station Mokalsar 13 km
District headquarters Barmer 104 km

Villages closest to Khakharlai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khakharlai village had a population of 1,547. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,129 residents.

Khakharlai village has 824 males and 723 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khakharlai has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 914.

The pincode recorded for Khakharlai is 344044. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khakharlai covers 630.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khakharlai falls under Siwana tehsil of Barmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Khakharlai is Mokalsar, about 13 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 5 - 10 km distance for Khakharlai.

Khakharlai is about 104 km from Barmer in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khakharlai is in Siwana tehsil of Barmer district. Siwana is about 5.8 km away. Siwāna is about 5.8 km away. Mokalsar is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nai Khakharlai (under 2 km), Kuseep (2.8 km) and Meli (5.0 km).

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

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