About Kharad Village

Kharad is a mid sized village in Dhandhuka tehsil, in the district of Ahmadabad, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,395, made up of 737 males and 658 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 4765.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 382460, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kharad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharad village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Ahmadabad
Tehsil	Dhandhuka
Pincode	382460
Area (hectares)	4765.78 hectares
Population	1,395
Male Population	737
Female Population	658
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	893
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kharad compares

By the 2011 count Kharad is the 34th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,634 residents. Its 4765.78 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Kharad

Kharad is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kharad as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kharad from other places

Kharad lies about 99 km from Ahmadabad, and the nearest railway station is Tagdi, about 7.2 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Kharad
Nearest railway station	Tagdi	7.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhandhuka	8.6 km
District headquarters	Ahmadabad	99 km

Villages closest to Kharad

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhandhuka tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Kharad

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharad village had a population of 1,395. That makes it the 34th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,634 residents.

Kharad village has 737 males and 658 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharad has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 921.

The pincode recorded for Kharad is 382460. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kharad covers 4765.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kharad falls under Dhandhuka tehsil of Ahmadabad district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Kharad is Tagdi, about 7.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kharad.

Kharad is about 99 km from Ahmadabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharad is in Dhandhuka tehsil of Ahmadabad district. Tagdi is about 7.2 km away. Dhandhuka is about 8.6 km away. Ahmadabad is about 99 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.