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About Keriya Village

Keriya is a mid sized village in Lathi tehsil, in the district of Amreli, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,301, made up of 649 males and 652 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 763.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 365560, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keriya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keriya village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Amreli
Tehsil Lathi
Pincode 365560
Area (hectares) 763.24 hectares
Population 1,301
Male Population 649
Female Population 652
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,005
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Keriya compares

By the 2011 count Keriya is the 32nd largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,941 residents. Its 763.24 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 976.

Getting to Keriya

Keriya is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Keriya as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Keriya from other places

Keriya lies about 17 km from Lathi, and the nearest railway station is Amreli, about 5.7 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 Keriya
Nearest railway station Amreli 5.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Lathi 17 km

Villages closest to Keriya

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lathi 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 Keriya

As per the Census of India 2011, Keriya village had a population of 1,301. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,941 residents.

Keriya village has 649 males and 652 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keriya has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 976.

The pincode recorded for Keriya is 365560. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keriya covers 763.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Keriya falls under Lathi tehsil of Amreli district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Keriya is Amreli, about 5.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Keriya.

Keriya is about 17 km from Lathi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keriya is in Lathi tehsil of Amreli district. Amreli is about 5.7 km away. Lathi is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Malaviya Pipariya (6.1 km), Aliudepur (6.3 km) and Matirala (6.9 km).

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

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