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About Phokarda Village

Phokarda is a mid sized village in Aklera tehsil, in the district of Jhalawar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 542, made up of 287 males and 255 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 205.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 326033, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Phokarda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phokarda village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Jhalawar
Tehsil Aklera
Pincode 326033
Area (hectares) 205.94 hectares
Population 542
Male Population 287
Female Population 255
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 889
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Phokarda compares

By the 2011 count Phokarda is the 104th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 667 residents. Its 205.94 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Phokarda

The census records public bus service for Phokarda as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Phokarda from other places

Phokarda lies about 48 km from Jhalawar, and the nearest railway station is Chhabra Gugor, about 42 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 Phokarda
Tehsil headquarters Aklera 3.1 km
Nearest railway station Chhabra Gugor 42 km
District headquarters Jhalawar 48 km

Villages closest to Phokarda

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

Common questions about Phokarda

As per the Census of India 2011, Phokarda village had a population of 542. That makes it the 104th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 667 residents.

Phokarda village has 287 males and 255 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phokarda has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Phokarda is 326033. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Phokarda covers 205.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Phokarda falls under Aklera tehsil of Jhalawar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Phokarda is Chhabra Gugor, about 42 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Phokarda.

Phokarda is about 48 km from Jhalawar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Phokarda is in Aklera tehsil of Jhalawar district. Aklera is about 3.1 km away. Chhabra Gugor is about 42 km away. Jhalawar is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Telani (under 2 km), Kajlya (under 2 km) and Turkariya (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Phokarda today is likely to be higher.

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