About Khara Village

Khara is a large village in Phalodi tehsil, in the district of Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,164, made up of 1,095 males and 1,069 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 3672 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 345023, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khara village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jodhpur
Tehsil	Phalodi
Pincode	345023
Area (hectares)	3672 hectares
Population	2,164
Male Population	1,095
Female Population	1,069
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	976
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Khara compares

By the 2011 count Khara is the 49th largest of the 476 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,033 residents. Its 3672 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 907.

Getting to Khara

Khara is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Khara 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khara from other places

Khara lies about 122 km from Jodhpur, and the nearest railway station is Marwar Khara, about 3.4 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	3.4 km
Nearest town	Pokaran	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Phalodi	26 km
District headquarters	Jodhpur	122 km

Villages closest to Khara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Phalodi 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 2,164. That makes it the 49th largest of the 476 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,033 residents.

Khara village has 1,095 males and 1,069 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khara has about 976 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 907.

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

Khara covers 3672 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khara falls under Phalodi tehsil of Jodhpur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Khara is Marwar Khara, about 3.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Khara.

Khara is about 122 km from Jodhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khara is in Phalodi tehsil of Jodhpur district. Marwar Khara is about 3.4 km away. Pokaran is about 24 km away. Phalodi is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.