About Loharki Village

Loharki is a large village in Pokaran tehsil, in the district of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,549, made up of 1,353 males and 1,196 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 6248 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 345023, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Loharki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Loharki village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jaisalmer
Tehsil	Pokaran
Pincode	345023
Area (hectares)	6248 hectares
Population	2,549
Male Population	1,353
Female Population	1,196
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	884
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Loharki compares

By the 2011 count Loharki is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 943 residents. Its 6248 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 880.

Getting to Loharki

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

Loharki lies about 89 km from Jaisalmer, and the nearest railway station is Odhaniya Chacha, about 20 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 Loharki
Nearest railway station	Odhaniya Chacha	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pokaran	29 km
District headquarters	Jaisalmer	89 km

Villages closest to Loharki

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Loharki village had a population of 2,549. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 943 residents.

Loharki village has 1,353 males and 1,196 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Loharki has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 880.

The pincode recorded for Loharki is 345023. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Loharki covers 6248 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Loharki falls under Pokaran tehsil of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Loharki is Odhaniya Chacha, about 20 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 Loharki.

Loharki is about 89 km from Jaisalmer in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Loharki is in Pokaran tehsil of Jaisalmer district. Odhaniya Chacha is about 20 km away. Pokaran is about 29 km away. Jaisalmer is about 89 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.