About Khariya Village

Khariya is a mid sized village in Pokaran tehsil, in the district of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 546, made up of 285 males and 261 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 4680 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 345028, 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	Pokaran
Pincode	345028
Area (hectares)	4680 hectares
Population	546
Male Population	285
Female Population	261
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	916
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khariya compares

By the 2011 count Khariya is the 173rd largest of the 291 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 943 residents. Its 4680 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 Khariya

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

Khariya 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 Khariya
Nearest railway station	Marwar Khara	3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pokaran	24 km
District headquarters	Jaisalmer	121 km

Villages closest to Khariya

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 Khariya

As per the Census of India 2011, Khariya village had a population of 546. That makes it the 173rd largest of the 291 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 943 residents.

Khariya village has 285 males and 261 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khariya has about 916 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 Khariya is 345028. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khariya covers 4680 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.

Khariya falls under Pokaran tehsil of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Khariya 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 Khariya.

Khariya 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.

Khariya 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.