About Khariya Village

Khariya is a small village in Jaisalmer tehsil, in the district of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 26, made up of 15 males and 11 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 733 females per 1000 males. The village covers 8779.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 345022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khariya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khariya village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jaisalmer
Tehsil	Jaisalmer
Pincode	345022
Area (hectares)	8779.77 hectares
Population	26
Male Population	15
Female Population	11
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	733
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khariya compares

By the 2011 count Khariya is the 299th largest of the 334 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 595 residents. Its 8779.77 hectares work out to about 0.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 866.

Getting to Khariya

Khariya is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Khariya as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Khariya from other places

Khariya lies about 20 km from Jaisalmer, and the nearest railway station is Lanela, about 10 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 Khariya
Nearest railway station	Lanela	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jaisalmer	20 km

Villages closest to Khariya

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

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Common questions about Khariya

As per the Census of India 2011, Khariya village had a population of 26. That makes it the 299th largest of the 334 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 595 residents.

Khariya village has 15 males and 11 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khariya has about 733 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 866.

The pincode recorded for Khariya is 345022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khariya covers 8779.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khariya falls under Jaisalmer tehsil of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Khariya is Lanela, about 10 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khariya.

Khariya is about 20 km from Jaisalmer in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khariya is in Jaisalmer tehsil of Jaisalmer district. Lanela is about 10 km away. Jaisalmer is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.