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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
kanchanben kanabhai garaniya
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- LGD code
- 515551
- Pincode
- 365220
- Post office
- Damnagar
- Population
- 1,610
- Households
- 312
- Literacy rate
- 58.1%
- Sex ratio
- 908 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 645
- Distance to district centre
- 208 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 199 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 49 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 499 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bhesana Mankanaj · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Balol PHC · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Khara compares
By population, Khara ranks #11 of 36 villages in Lilia mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.1%
−6.9% vs mandal average
- Khara
- 58.1%
- Lilia mandal
- 65.0%
- Amreli district
- 65.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
908
−67 vs mandal average
- Khara
- 908
- Lilia mandal
- 975
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Khara
- 5.2
- Lilia mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khara at a glance
Khara is a village of 1,610 people in 312 households (Census 2011) in Lilia taluka, Amreli district, Gujarat, the 11th-largest of 36 villages in Lilia taluka. Literacy is 58%, 7 points below the taluka average of 65% and the sex ratio is 908 women per 1,000 men. It lies 208 km from the Amreli district centre, 9 km from Linch, the nearest town, 5 km from Bhesana Mankanaj railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 365220, served by Damnagar post office; the LGD village code is 515551. The nearest hospital or health centre is Balol PHC, 5 km away. The sarpanch is kanchanben kanabhai garaniya, and the village votes in Lathi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Janakbhai Talaviya. The population is estimated at 1,898 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Khara
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- LILIA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KHARA
- Total area (ha)
- 1,144.81
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 40.12
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Khara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Khara
- LGD code
- 515551
- Pincode
- 365220
- Post office
- Damnagar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,610
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,898
- Households
- 312
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 908
- Literacy rate
- 58.1%
- Coordinates
- 23.52812°N, 72.29822°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Amreli
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Lathi
- Member of Parliament
- Bharatbhai Sutariya
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Janakbhai Talaviya
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- kanchanben kanabhai garaniya
- Block / Mandal
- Lilia
- Nearest railway station
- Dhasa Junction (209.3 km)
Getting there
How to reach Khara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar49 kmcapital
- Mumbai499 km
- Delhi748 km
- Hyderabad939 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBhesana Mankanaj5 km
- Bus stopIjapura jethaji Bus Stop9 km
- Hospital / PHCBalol PHC5 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India8 km
- Petrol pumpindian oil6 km
- CollegeShri Ram Sarv Vidhyalaya7 km
- Police stationBSF9 km
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Villages near Khara
Other villages in Lilia mandal
View all 36 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)