About Ikhar Village

Ikhar is one of the larger villages in Amod tehsil, in the district of Bharuch, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,380, made up of 3,234 males and 3,146 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1479.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 392230, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Ikhar compares

By the 2011 count Ikhar is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,511 residents. Its 1479.28 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 931.

Getting to Ikhar

Ikhar 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 Ikhar 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 Ikhar from other places

Ikhar lies about 30 km from Bharuch, and the nearest railway station is Palej, about 5.4 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.

Villages closest to Ikhar

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

• Matar 7.3 km
• Ghamnad 9.2 km
• Samani 15 km
• Anor 16 km
• Kerwada 18 km
• Machhasara 25 km

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.