About Keshwan Village

Keshwan is a mid sized village in Vagra tehsil, in the district of Bharuch, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,625, made up of 863 males and 762 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1997.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 392140, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keshwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keshwan village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Bharuch
Tehsil	Vagra
Pincode	392140
Area (hectares)	1997.66 hectares
Population	1,625
Male Population	863
Female Population	762
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Keshwan compares

By the 2011 count Keshwan is the 17th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,493 residents. Its 1997.66 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Keshwan

Keshwan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Keshwan 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 Keshwan from other places

Keshwan lies about 33 km from Bharuch, and the nearest railway station is Pakhajan, about 6.4 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.

Distances from Keshwan
Nearest railway station	Pakhajan	6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Vagra	14 km
Nearest town	Jambusar	24 km
District headquarters	Bharuch	33 km

Villages closest to Keshwan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Keshwan village had a population of 1,625. That makes it the 17th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,493 residents.

Keshwan village has 863 males and 762 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keshwan has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Keshwan is 392140. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keshwan covers 1997.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Keshwan falls under Vagra tehsil of Bharuch district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Keshwan is Pakhajan, about 6.4 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 Keshwan.

Keshwan is about 33 km from Bharuch in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keshwan is in Vagra tehsil of Bharuch district. Pakhajan is about 6.4 km away. Vagra is about 14 km away. Jambusar is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.