About Kharaya Village

Kharaya is a small village in Kalsi tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 283, made up of 154 males and 129 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 838 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248196, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kharaya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharaya village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Kalsi
Pincode	248196
Area (hectares)	136.86 hectares
Population	283
Male Population	154
Female Population	129
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	838
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kharaya compares

By the 2011 count Kharaya is the 48th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 136.86 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 948.

Getting to Kharaya

Kharaya is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kharaya as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Kharaya from other places

Kharaya lies about 38 km from Dehradun. 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 Kharaya
Tehsil headquarters	Kalsi	8.6 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	28 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	38 km

Villages closest to Kharaya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharaya village had a population of 283. That makes it the 48th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Kharaya village has 154 males and 129 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharaya has about 838 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Kharaya is 248196. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kharaya covers 136.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kharaya falls under Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Kharaya notes the nearest railway station 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 10+ km distance for Kharaya.

Kharaya is about 38 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharaya is in Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district. Kalsi is about 8.6 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 28 km away. Dehradun is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.