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About Khokhbed Village

Khokhbed is a mid sized village in Dhanpur tehsil, in the district of Dohad, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 636, made up of 317 males and 319 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 236.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 389382, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khokhbed Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khokhbed village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Dohad
Tehsil Dhanpur
Pincode 389382
Area (hectares) 236.63 hectares
Population 636
Male Population 317
Female Population 319
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,006
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khokhbed compares

By the 2011 count Khokhbed is the 79th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,004 residents. Its 236.63 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Khokhbed

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

Khokhbed lies about 28 km from Dohad, and the nearest railway station is Mangal Mahudi, about 20 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 Khokhbed
Tehsil headquarters Dhanpur 4.4 km
Nearest town Devgadh Bāriya 17 km
Nearest railway station Mangal Mahudi 20 km
District headquarters Dohad 28 km

Villages closest to Khokhbed

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khokhbed village had a population of 636. That makes it the 79th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,004 residents.

Khokhbed village has 317 males and 319 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khokhbed has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Khokhbed is 389382. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khokhbed covers 236.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khokhbed falls under Dhanpur tehsil of Dohad district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Khokhbed is Mangal Mahudi, about 20 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 Khokhbed.

Khokhbed is about 28 km from Dohad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khokhbed is in Dhanpur tehsil of Dohad district. Dhanpur is about 4.4 km away. Devgadh Bāriya is about 17 km away. Mangal Mahudi is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nalu (1.5 km), Khokhra (1.6 km) and Lukhadiya (1.7 km).

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

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