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- LGD code
- 98306
- Pincode
- 314406
- Post office
- Peeth
- Population
- 2,369
- Households
- 458
- Literacy rate
- 27.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1011 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,076
- Distance to district centre
- 25 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Jaipur
- 390 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 539 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kotana · 24 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- City Hospital · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Khal compares
By population, Khal ranks #16 of 111 villages in Simalwara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
27.3%
−17.7% vs mandal average
Khal27.3%
Simalwara mandal45.0%
Dungarpur district49.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,011
+34 vs mandal average
Khal1,011
Simalwara mandal977
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.3 vs mandal average
Khal5.2
Simalwara mandal4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khal at a glance
Khal is a village of 2,369 people in 458 households (Census 2011) in Simalwara tehsil, Dungarpur district, Rajasthan, the 16th-largest of 111 villages in Simalwara tehsil. Literacy is 27%, 18 points below the tehsil average of 45% and the sex ratio is 1,011 women per 1,000 men. It lies 25 km from the Dungarpur district centre, 49 km from Ghatol, the nearest town, 24 km from Kotana railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 314406, served by Peeth post office; the LGD village code is 98306. The nearest hospital or health centre is City Hospital, 3 km away. The village votes in Aspur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Umesh Meena. The population is estimated at 2,793 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Mala Kholda →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khal · this village | 2,369 | 27% | — |
| Virat · Obri | 792 | 48% | 0 km N |
| Obri · Obri | 5,243 | 57% | 0 km N |
| Nanora · Simalwara | 1,130 | 47% | 0 km N |
| Dooka · Simalwara | 3,670 | 50% | 0 km N |
| Kol Khanda · Dowda | 944 | 55% | 1.2 km S |
| Pal Kol Khanda · Dowda | 4,783 | 53% | 1.9 km S |
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Key facts — Khal
- LGD code
- 98306
- Pincode
- 314406
- Post office
- Peeth
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,369
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,793
- Households
- 458
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1011
- Literacy rate
- 27.3%
- Coordinates
- 23.82353°N, 73.94013°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Udaipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Aspur
- Member of Parliament
- Manna Lal Rawat
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Umesh Meena
- Block / Mandal
- Simalwara
Getting there
How to reach Khal
Distance to cities · straight line
- Jaipur390 kmcapital
- Mumbai539 km
- Delhi624 km
- Hyderabad858 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKotana24 km
- Hospital / PHCCity Hospital3 km
- CollegeSunrise College19 km
- Police stationPOLICE THANA PARSAD47 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 314406
- PeethSimalwara mandal6,561 pop
- DookaSimalwara mandal3,670 pop
- Mala KholraSimalwara mandal3,112 pop
- Parda DariyatiChikhali mandal2,373 pop
- RajpurSimalwara mandal2,346 pop
- DhodhraSimalwara mandal2,330 pop
- Dhoon DhariyaChikhali mandal2,185 pop
- Jorawar PuraSimalwara mandal2,145 pop
- PunawaraChikhali mandal1,990 pop
Same name, different place
Other villages named Khal
Looking for a different Khal? 7 other villages share this name across India. All villages named Khal →
- KhalAgra · Agra, Uttar Pradesh2,196 pop
- KhalKhategaon · Dewas, Madhya Pradesh1,764 pop
- KhalSatwas · Dewas, Madhya Pradesh1,487 pop
- KhalSeoni Malwa · Narmadapuram, Madhya Pradesh838 pop
- KhalGhansali · Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand194 pop
- KhalJakholi* · Rudra Prayag, Uttarakhand26 pop
- KhalUkhimath · Rudra Prayag, Uttarakhand6 pop
Villages near Khal
Other villages in Simalwara mandal
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)