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About Khun Village

Khun is a mid sized village in Dhandhuka tehsil, in the district of Ahmadabad, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,254, made up of 665 males and 589 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 3830.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 382455, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khun village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Ahmadabad
Tehsil Dhandhuka
Pincode 382455
Area (hectares) 3830.61 hectares
Population 1,254
Male Population 665
Female Population 589
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 886
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khun compares

By the 2011 count Khun is the 39th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,634 residents. Its 3830.61 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 Khun

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

How far is Khun from other places

Khun lies about 94 km from Ahmadabad, and the nearest railway station is Dholi Bhal, about 28 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 Khun
Nearest railway station Dholi Bhal 28 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhandhuka 29 km
District headquarters Ahmadabad 94 km

Villages closest to Khun

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.

Common questions about Khun

As per the Census of India 2011, Khun village had a population of 1,254. That makes it the 39th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,634 residents.

Khun village has 665 males and 589 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khun has about 886 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 Khun is 382455. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khun covers 3830.61 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.

Khun falls under Dhandhuka tehsil of Ahmadabad district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Khun is Dholi Bhal, about 28 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khun.

Khun is about 94 km from Ahmadabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khun is in Dhandhuka tehsil of Ahmadabad district. Dholi Bhal is about 28 km away. Dhandhuka is about 29 km away. Ahmadabad is about 94 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhimtalav (2.7 km), Dholera (3.4 km) and Rahtalav (4.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Khun today is likely to be higher.

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