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About Khelna Village

Khelna is one of the larger villages in Kotputli tehsil, in the district of Jaipur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,611, made up of 2,982 males and 2,629 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1247 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 303108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khelna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khelna village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Jaipur
Tehsil Kotputli
Pincode 303108
Area (hectares) 1247 hectares
Population 5,611
Male Population 2,982
Female Population 2,629
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 882
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khelna compares

By the 2011 count Khelna is the 11th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,528 residents. Its 1247 hectares work out to about 4.5 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 899.

Getting to Khelna

Khelna is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khelna as Available within village. 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 Khelna from other places

Khelna lies about 76 km from Jaipur, and the nearest railway station is Nim Ka Thana, about 34 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 Khelna
Nearest town Viratnagar 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Kotputli 21 km
Nearest railway station Nim Ka Thana 34 km
District headquarters Jaipur 76 km

Villages closest to Khelna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khelna village had a population of 5,611. That makes it the 11th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,528 residents.

Khelna village has 2,982 males and 2,629 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khelna has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 899.

The pincode recorded for Khelna is 303108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khelna covers 1247 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khelna falls under Kotputli tehsil of Jaipur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Khelna is Nim Ka Thana, about 34 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Khelna.

Khelna is about 76 km from Jaipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khelna is in Kotputli tehsil of Jaipur district. Viratnagar is about 18 km away. Kotputli is about 21 km away. Nim Ka Thana is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Fatehpura Khurd (1.9 km), Kooner (3.0 km) and Bhonawas (3.3 km).

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

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