Kharchia Local is a tall,[1] landrace[2] wheat cultivar.
It is native to sodic-saline soils of Kharchia tehsil of the Pali district of Rajasthan in India,[3] and is a line developed from selections from farmer's fields.
It is the most salt tolerant wheat genotype found in India.
Kharchia is red grained,[4] and is highly susceptible to rust, making it unpopular with many farmers.
In India most of the improved salinity-resistant varieties have been developed using Kharchia 65 as a base, and it is used as a standard for the salt tolerance test of wheat worldwide.