About Khara Village

Khara is a mid sized village in Pokaran tehsil, in the district of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 572, made up of 300 males and 272 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 8313.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 345028, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khara village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jaisalmer
Tehsil	Pokaran
Pincode	345028
Area (hectares)	8313.31 hectares
Population	572
Male Population	300
Female Population	272
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	907
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khara compares

By the 2011 count Khara is the 167th largest of the 291 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 943 residents. Its 8313.31 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 880.

Getting to Khara

Khara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khara as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Khara from other places

Khara lies about 121 km from Jaisalmer, and the nearest railway station is Marwar Khara, about 3.5 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 Khara
Nearest railway station	Marwar Khara	3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pokaran	24 km
District headquarters	Jaisalmer	121 km

Villages closest to Khara

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 Khara

As per the Census of India 2011, Khara village had a population of 572. That makes it the 167th largest of the 291 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 943 residents.

Khara village has 300 males and 272 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khara has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 880.

The pincode recorded for Khara is 345028. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khara covers 8313.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khara falls under Pokaran tehsil of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Khara is Marwar Khara, about 3.5 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 village for Khara.

Khara is about 121 km from Jaisalmer in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khara is in Pokaran tehsil of Jaisalmer district. Marwar Khara is about 3.5 km away. Pokaran is about 24 km away. Jaisalmer is about 121 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.