Khichan Tourism

Khichan Tourism is a small village located in Phalodi Mandal, in the district of Jodhpur, in the state of Rajasthan in western India. It is located just 3.6 km away from Phalodi which is the Mandal Main Town. It is 113.9 km away from Jodhpur which is the District Main City. Khichan is just 339 km away from the Jaipur which is the capital city of Rajasthan. In the recent years, this particular village is pulling a lot of native and foreign tourists because it has established successfully a tradition of feeding and taking care of wild birds, mainly the Demoiselle cranes that migrate to this particular region during the winter season every year.

It is to be highly noted that nearly 5,000 kilograms (11,000 lb) of birdseed every day are consumed by these feeding birds in this village. In the present scenario, this village host a perfect home for nearly 9,000 Demoiselle Cranes. It is to be remembered that the migration of these birds happens during the beginning of August each year to as the end of March in the following year.

Most of the native and foreign tourists who are good bird watchers drop into this particular village during the season of the migrating birds landing. In the tourist map, this village has successfully achieved international recognition. It is to be remembered that this village was featured in the Birding World magazine. The title of the article was “Khichan – the Demoiselle Crane village.” Khichan has its bird sanctuary know as “Khichan Bird Sanctuary”.