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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Khara is a village in Jawa mandal, Rewa district, Madhya Pradesh. It has a population of 1,156 across 273 households with a literacy rate of 52.2%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Anju Devi
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- LGD code
- 465385
- Pincode
- 486223
- Post office
- Jawa
- Population
- 1,156
- Households
- 273
- Literacy rate
- 52.2%
- Sex ratio
- 886 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 505
- Distance to district centre
- 42 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 2 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 418 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 571 km
- Nearest railway station
- Manikpur Junction · 23 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Berahna · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Khara compares
By population, Khara ranks #59 of 264 villages in Jawa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.2%
−5.8% vs mandal average
- Khara
- 52.2%
- Jawa mandal
- 58.0%
- Rewa district
- 61.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
886
−35 vs mandal average
- Khara
- 886
- Jawa mandal
- 921
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Khara
- 4.2
- Jawa mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khara at a glance
Khara is a village of 1,156 people in 273 households (Census 2011) in Jawa tehsil, Rewa district, Madhya Pradesh, the 59th-largest of 264 villages in Jawa tehsil. Literacy is 52%, 6 points below the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 886 women per 1,000 men. It lies 42 km from the Rewa district centre, 32 km from Gahira, the nearest town, 23 km from Manikpur Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 486223, served by Jawa post office; the LGD village code is 465385. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Berahna, 12 km away. The sarpanch is Anju Devi, and the village votes in Semariya assembly constituency, represented by MLA Abhay Mishra. The population is estimated at 1,363 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
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- TEONTHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 80
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 30
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 417.44
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 28.73
- Forest area (ha)
- 215.18
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
- 465385
- Pincode
- 486223
- Post office
- Jawa
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,156
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,363
- Households
- 273
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 886
- Literacy rate
- 52.2%
- Coordinates
- 24.86078°N, 81.14017°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rewa
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Semariya
- Member of Parliament
- Janardan Mishra
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Abhay Mishra
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Anju Devi
- Block / Mandal
- Jawa
- Nearest railway station
- Manikpur Junction (22.9 km)
Getting there
How to reach Khara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal418 kmcapital
- Delhi571 km
- Kolkata778 km
- Hyderabad876 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationManikpur Junction23 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Berahna12 km
- ATM / bankIDBI Bank37 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil37 km
- CollegeJRD STATE UNIVERSITY, CHITRAKOOT46 km
- Police stationPolice station45 km
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Villages near Khara
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View all 60+ →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, 2026-09-13
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)