Khara can refer to
- Khara, a character in the ancient Sanskrit epic the Ramayana
- Khara-Khoto, the ruins of a medivial city in western Mongolia
- Khara, Punjab - town in Punjab, India.
- Khara, Nepal
- Khara, Punjab - town in Punjab, Pakistan.
- Khara, Surname - Surname or clan (Punjabi: ਖਰ੍ਹਾ) - Alternate transliterations are Khaara, Khaira, Khahra, Khehra - in Northern India, Pakistan and Afghanistan
- Kharak, a planet in the fictional Homeworld universe
- Studio Khara, an animation studio associated with Hideaki Anno
- Khara- shit as used in Arabic