Pokaran Tehsil - Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

Pokaran is an administrative tehsil in the Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan, India. It includes various villages governed through Gram Panchayats and is a key part of the district's rural administration. Pokaran is the main town for most villages within the tehsil. The nearest railway station is situated at Odhaniya Chacha, while the nearest airport is Jaisalmer Airport, located at an approximate aerial distance of 79.3 km.

The total area of the tehsil is 9,599 km², including 9,590.54 km² rural area and 8.00 km² urban area. The sex ratio is approximately 878 females per 1,000 males.

List of Villages in Pokaran Tehsil

Pokaran Tehsil has a total of 177 villages. The table below includes all villages in the Tehsil, along with their Gram Panchayat and category details:

Sl. No.	Village Name	Category	Gram Panchayat
1	Aanesa	Rural	Jaimalan
2	Abhaynagar	Rural	Satyaya
3	Achalpura	Rural	Loona Kalan
4	Ajasar	Rural	Ajasar
5	Akal Ka Tala	Rural	Ankal Ka Tala
6	Alipura	Rural	Dhakalwala Gaon
7	Amadfajal Nagar	Rural	Shekhon Ka Tala
8	Amarsar	Rural	Bhainsara
9	Askandra	Rural	Askandra
10	Away	Rural	Away
11	Bahla Basti	Rural	Rajgarh
12	Baiteena	Rural	Baitina
13	Balasar	Rural	Baitina
14	Balwantgarh	Rural	Baitina
15	Banne Nagar	Rural	Bhainsara
16	Bardena	Rural	Loharki
17	Barlimanda	Rural	Badhli Nathusar
18	Barsalnagar	Rural	Shekhon Ka Tala
19	Bhadariya	Rural	Away
20	Bhadriya	Rural	Bhadriya
21	Bhainsara	Rural	Bhainsara
22	Bharewala	Rural	Bharewala
23	Bhawalnagar	Rural	Dhakalwala Gaon
24	Bhinajpura	Rural	Khelana
25	Bhomsar	Rural	Sankra
26	Biliya	Rural	Kelawa
27	Bonada	Rural	Ola
28	Chacha	Rural	Khetolai
29	Chanani	Rural	Odhaniya
30	Chandsar	Rural	Loharki
31	Chhayan-I	Rural	Chhayan
32	Chhayan-Ii	Rural	Chhayan
33	Chinnoo	Rural	Chinnoo
34	Chok	Rural	Chok
35	Choti Chinnu	Rural	Chinnoo
36	Dadoorewala	Rural	Ankal Ka Tala
37	Dalpatpura	Rural	Dalpatpura
38	Dansar	Rural	Ola
39	Darash Nagar	Rural	Nananiyai
40	Deval Nagar	Rural	Neran
41	Devawala Gaon	Rural	Dhakalwala Gaon
42	Dhakalwala Gaon	Rural	Dhakalwala Gaon
43	Dholiya	Rural	Dholiya
44	Dhoorsar	Rural	Lawan
45	Didaniya	Rural	Didaniya
46	Didhoo	Rural	Ajasar
47	Doodhiya	Rural	Sada
48	Eka	Rural	Eka
49	Eta	Rural	Loharki
50	Fatehnagar	Rural	Madhopura
51	Gaji Raheempura	Rural	Panche Ka Tala
52	Galar	Rural	Eka
53	Ghantiyali	Rural	Ghantiyali
54	Gomat	Rural	Gomat
55	Gosarsool Nagar	Rural	Shekhon Ka Tala
56	Govind Singh Pura	Rural	Chhayan
57	Govindgarh	Rural	Rajgarh
58	Guddi	Rural	Modardi
59	Hardaspura	Rural	Ola
60	Hariyar	Rural	Ghantiyali
61	Hastinapur	Rural	Khelana
62	Heergarh	Rural	Loona Kalan
63	Hemgarh	Rural	Jaimalan
64	Jaimalan	Rural	Jaimalan
65	Jaswantpura	Rural	Dalpatpura
66	Kabeerpura	Rural	Shekhon Ka Tala
67	Kajasar	Rural	Baitina
68	Kala	Rural	Khetolai
69	Kalron Ki Dhani	Rural	Shekhon Ka Tala
70	Karni Nagar	Rural	Neran
71	Kartar Nagar	Rural	Ghantiyali
72	Kelawa	Rural	Kelawa
73	Keraliya	Rural	Neran
74	Kerawa	Rural	Didaniya
75	Khariya	Rural	Dhakalwala Gaon
76	Khelana	Rural	Khelana
77	Khetasar	Rural	Sankra
78	Khetolai	Rural	Khetolai
79	Khokhargarh	Rural	Khelana
80	Khuhra	Rural	Madhopura
81	Kishanpura	Rural	Nananiyai
82	Lakhasar	Rural	Neran
83	Lalekha Ki Dhani	Rural	Panche Ka Tala
84	Lathi	Rural	Lathi
85	Lawan	Rural	Lawan
86	Loharki	Rural	Loharki
87	Lohta	Rural	Bhadriya
88	Loona Kalan	Rural	Loona Kalan
89	Loona Khurd	Rural	Loona Kalan
90	Madasar	Rural	Madhopura
91	Madhopura	Rural	Madhopura
92	Maheshon Ki Dhani	Rural	Chok
93	Major Mangal Nagar	Rural	Away
94	Malka	Rural	Loharki
95	Malkot	Rural	Khelana
96	Maloosar	Rural	Ola
97	Mangolai	Rural	Morani
98	Mansar	Rural	Ola
99	Mawa	Rural	Ramdeora
100	Meerapura	Rural	Ghantiyali
101	Meerpura	Rural	Dhakalwala Gaon
102	Mehar Nagar	Rural	Sanawara
103	Mehtabgarh	Rural	Ujlan
104	Mithusarkalla	Rural	Madhopura
105	Modardi	Rural	Modardi
106	Moharonwala	Rural	Ankal Ka Tala
107	Morani	Rural	Morani
108	Motisar	Rural	Loona Kalan
109	Nachna	Rural	Nachna
110	Nai Mangolai	Rural	Lawan
111	Naiguddi	Rural	Modardi
112	Nananyai	Rural	Nananiyai
113	Narayanpura	Rural	Neran
114	Naseerpura	Rural	Dhakalwala Gaon
115	Nathoosar @ Barli Charnan	Rural	Badhli Nathusar
116	Nawatala	Rural	Loharki
117	Naya Kala	Rural	Didaniya
118	Naya Khuhra	Rural	Madhopura
119	Naya Loonakalan	Rural	Khelana
120	Naya Malka	Rural	Sada
121	Naya Navatla	Rural	Loharki
122	Naya Sanawara	Rural	Sanawara
123	Naya Sankra	Rural	Sankra
124	Neran	Rural	Neran
125	Ola	Rural	Ola
126	Orhaniya	Rural	Odhaniya
127	Paboopadiya Bankna	Rural	Morani
128	Padamsagar	Rural	Loharki
129	Panche Ka Tala	Rural	Panche Ka Tala
130	Pokaran (Rural)	Rural	Didaniya
131	Pratapgarh	Rural	Dalpatpura
132	Pratappura	Rural	Chok
133	Pratappura	Rural	Khelana
134	Purohitsar	Rural	Morani
135	Raheempura	Rural	Ankal Ka Tala
136	Rajgarh	Rural	Rajgarh
137	Ramdeora	Rural	Ramdeora
138	Ramdev Nagar	Rural	Bhainsara
139	Rampura	Rural	Panche Ka Tala
140	Rampura	Rural	Chok
141	Rampuraiya	Rural	Rajgarh
142	Ranjeetpura	Rural	Jaimalan
143	Rasid Ahamad Nagar	Rural	Didaniya
144	Ratan Ki Basti	Rural	Bhadriya
145	Rathora	Rural	Sada
146	Rayad	Rural	Lawan
147	Rohironwala	Rural	Ankal Ka Tala
148	Sabalpura	Rural	Rajgarh
149	Sada	Rural	Sada
150	Sadrangarh	Rural	Sankra
151	Sadrasar	Rural	Sankra
152	Sakariya	Rural	Shekhon Ka Tala
153	Sanawara	Rural	Sanawara
154	Sangram Singh Ki Dhani	Rural	Baitina
155	Sankra	Rural	Sankra
156	Sarnayat	Rural	Eka
157	Satasar	Rural	Lawan
158	Satyanagar	Rural	Jaimalan
159	Satyaya	Rural	Satyaya
160	Sewda	Rural	Satyaya
161	Shahid Railipur	Rural	Ujlan
162	Shekhon Ka Tala	Rural	Shekhon Ka Tala
163	Shivdangarh	Rural	Madhopura
164	Shri Bhanwar Nagar	Rural	Ghantiyali
165	Shri Poonamnagar Bankna	Rural	Morani
166	Singhpuj Rajpura	Rural	Nachna
167	Soniya Nagar	Rural	Shekhon Ka Tala
168	Suganpura	Rural	Nananiyai
169	Sujasar	Rural	Eka
170	Sultanpur	Rural	Ankal Ka Tala
171	Tavarinagar	Rural	Dhakalwala Gaon
172	That	Rural	Kelawa
173	Tota	Rural	Ajasar
174	Udawat Nagar	Rural	Sada
175	Ujla	Rural	Ujlan
176	Veeramdeora	Rural	Ramdeora
177	Vishangarh	Rural	Sankra

Population of Pokaran Tehsil

As per the Census 2011, Pokaran Tehsil has a total population of 3,03,662 people, consisting of 1,61,683 males and 1,41,979 females. There are 50,690 households in the tehsil with an average population density of 32 people per km². The table below shows the rural and urban breakup of population and households:

Category	Total	Rural	Urban
Total Population	3,03,662	2,80,108	23,554
Male Population	1,61,683	1,48,854	12,829
Female Population	1,41,979	1,31,254	10,725
Total Households	50,690	46,755	3,935
Population Density	32 / km²	29 / km²	2,944 / km²

Beyond these basic counts, the tehsil has 1,35,166 literate people and 60,910 children (0–6 years). The demographic distribution also includes 42,917 from Scheduled Caste (SC) and 17,503 from Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities. Detailed rural and urban data for these categories is provided below:

Category	Total	Rural	Urban
Child Population (Age 0–6)	60,910	57,267	3,643
Literate Population	1,35,166	1,19,877	15,289
Illiterate Population	1,68,496	1,60,231	8,265
Scheduled Caste (SC) Population	42,917	40,289	2,628
Scheduled Tribe (ST) Population	17,503	15,801	1,702

NOTE: Population and area figures shown here are based on Census 2011. Administrative boundaries may have changed, so the figures may include combined values for areas that were reorganized later.

Tehsil Overview
Tehsil (Hindi)	Pokaran (पोकरण)
District	Jaisalmer
State / UT	Rajasthan
Railway Station	Odhaniya Chacha
Total Area	9,599 km²
Sex Ratio (2011)	878
Total Population (2011)	3,03,662
Density	32/km²
Total Villages	177

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