# Kharon Village, Palera, Tikamgarh (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Palera, Tikamgarh 

# Kharon

Kharon is a village in Palera sub-district of Tikamgarh district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **3,740 people in 786 households**, the 7th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.4%.

- 3,740people (2011)
- 786households
- 62.5%literacy
- 899females per 1,000 males

## Kharon PIN code and other codes

Kharon falls in Palera sub-district, Tikamgarh district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockPalera
- Census village code456890

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Kharon from nearby towns?

- Palera (sub-district HQ)65 km by road
- Tikamgarh (district HQ)60 km by road
- Jatara (nearest town)30 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Kharon?

24 services counted by the Census are inside Kharon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 4 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Mobile health clinicIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Lidhora
- ○Degree college10+ km · Tikamgarh
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Tikamgarh
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 6 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kharon known for?

The main crops are **wheat, chana and pea**. About 55% of the 1,553 hectares of village land is sown, and 658 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Kharon

Of every 100 households in Kharon in 2011, 27 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kharon · ■ Palera rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**98%

Use banking services ****26%**

**29%

Television ****14%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**27%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Kharon?

■ Kharon · ■ Palera rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.5%**

**60.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****899**

**905

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****915**

**882

Working population ****35.4%**

**46.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.2% for men and 51.6% for women. 54% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 353 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 417 (32%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 228 (17%) · **■** Marginal 321 (24%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Palera

- Simra Khurd4,882 people
- Jewar4,814 people
- Maindwara4,166 people
- Touriya Khas4,087 people
- Ghoorakhas3,380 people
- Uprarakhas3,131 people
- Nuna3,108 people
- Ramnagar Bujurg3,099 people

[All 150 villages in Palera](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/tikamgarh/palera/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kharon from Tikamgarh?60 km by road
- What is the population of Kharon?3,740 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharon in?Tikamgarh district (Palera sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kharon?62.5% (Census 2011)