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Kharhari is a small village in Rasra mandal, Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh, with a population of 98 in 11 households. It has a literacy rate of 43.9% and postal code 221711, located at 24.632°N, 81.396°E.
By population, Kharhari ranks #318 of 400 villages in Rasra mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kharhari is a village of 98 people in 11 households (Census 2011) in Rasra tehsil, Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh, the 318th-largest of 400 villages in Rasra tehsil. Literacy is 44%, 16 points below the tehsil average of 60% and the sex ratio is 1,178 women per 1,000 men. It lies 328 km from the Ballia district centre, 18 km from Rewa railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 221711, served by Nagra (Ballia) post office; the LGD village code is 198213. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rewa Hospital and Maternity Centre, 10 km away. The sarpanch is JAYPRAKASH YADAV, and the village votes in Gopamau assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shyam Prakash. The population is estimated at 116 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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