About Khetasar Village

Khetasar is a mid sized village in Pokaran tehsil, in the district of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,701, made up of 970 males and 731 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 754 females per 1000 males. The village covers 4623 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 345026, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khetasar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khetasar village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jaisalmer
Tehsil	Pokaran
Pincode	345026
Area (hectares)	4623 hectares
Population	1,701
Male Population	970
Female Population	731
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	754
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khetasar compares

By the 2011 count Khetasar is the 37th largest of the 291 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 943 residents. Its 4623 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, well below the tehsil average of 880.

Getting to Khetasar

Khetasar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khetasar as Available within 5 - 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 Khetasar from other places

Khetasar lies about 75 km from Jaisalmer, and the nearest railway station is Odhaniya Chacha, about 26 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 Khetasar
Nearest railway station	Odhaniya Chacha	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pokaran	34 km
District headquarters	Jaisalmer	75 km

Villages closest to Khetasar

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 Khetasar

As per the Census of India 2011, Khetasar village had a population of 1,701. That makes it the 37th largest of the 291 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 943 residents.

Khetasar village has 970 males and 731 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khetasar has about 754 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 880.

The pincode recorded for Khetasar is 345026. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khetasar covers 4623 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.

Khetasar falls under Pokaran tehsil of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Khetasar is Odhaniya Chacha, about 26 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khetasar.

Khetasar is about 75 km from Jaisalmer in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khetasar is in Pokaran tehsil of Jaisalmer district. Odhaniya Chacha is about 26 km away. Pokaran is about 34 km away. Jaisalmer is about 75 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.