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- LGD code
- 86533
- Pincode
- 345001
- Post office
- Gandhi Colony Jaisalmer
- Population
- 107
- Households
- 15
- Literacy rate
- 36.4%
- Sex ratio
- 754 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 58
- Distance to district centre
- 117 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 68 km
- Distance to Jaipur
- 496 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 674 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jaisalmer · 51 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital Fatehgarh · 38 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Ala compares
By population, Ala ranks #117 of 122 villages in Fatehgarh mandal.
Literacy rate
%
36.4%
−6.7% vs mandal average
- Ala
- 36.4%
- Fatehgarh mandal
- 43.1%
- Jaisalmer district
- 46.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
754
−82 vs mandal average
- Ala
- 754
- Fatehgarh mandal
- 836
Household size
people per home
7.1
+1.3 vs mandal average
- Ala
- 7.1
- Fatehgarh mandal
- 5.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ala at a glance
Ala is a village of 107 people in 15 households (Census 2011) in Fatehgarh tehsil, Jaisalmer district, Rajasthan, the 117th-largest of 122 villages in Fatehgarh tehsil. Literacy is 36%, 7 points below the tehsil average of 43% and the sex ratio is 754 women per 1,000 men. It lies 117 km from the Jaisalmer district centre, 51 km from Jaisalmer railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 345001, served by Gandhi Colony Jaisalmer post office; the LGD village code is 86533. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Fatehgarh, 38 km away. The village votes in Pokaran assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pratap Puri. The population is estimated at 126 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Ala
- LGD code
- 86533
- Pincode
- 345001
- Post office
- Gandhi Colony Jaisalmer
- Population (Census 2011)
- 107
- Population (projected 2026)
- 126
- Households
- 15
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 754
- Literacy rate
- 36.4%
- Coordinates
- 26.46459°N, 70.81498°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jodhpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pokaran
- Member of Parliament
- Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pratap Puri
- Block / Mandal
- Fatehgarh
Getting there
How to reach Ala
Distance to cities · straight line
- Jaipur496 kmcapital
- Delhi674 km
- Mumbai848 km
- Hyderabad1282 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationJaisalmer51 km
- Bus stopKhuri Bus Stop19 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital Fatehgarh38 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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