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About Khijadiya Village

Khijadiya is a mid sized village in Dhrol tehsil, in the district of Jamnagar, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 572, made up of 281 males and 291 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 649.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 361320, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khijadiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khijadiya village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Jamnagar
Tehsil Dhrol
Pincode 361320
Area (hectares) 649.72 hectares
Population 572
Male Population 281
Female Population 291
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,036
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khijadiya compares

By the 2011 count Khijadiya is the 32nd largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,303 residents. Its 649.72 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Khijadiya

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

Khijadiya lies about 70 km from Jamnagar, and the nearest railway station is Morbi, about 21 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 Khijadiya
Nearest town Morvi 20 km
Nearest railway station Morbi 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhrol 32 km
District headquarters Jamnagar 70 km

Villages closest to Khijadiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khijadiya village had a population of 572. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,303 residents.

Khijadiya village has 281 males and 291 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khijadiya has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Khijadiya is 361320. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khijadiya covers 649.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khijadiya falls under Dhrol tehsil of Jamnagar district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Khijadiya is Morbi, about 21 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 village for Khijadiya.

Khijadiya is about 70 km from Jamnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khijadiya is in Dhrol tehsil of Jamnagar district. Morvi is about 20 km away. Morbi is about 21 km away. Dhrol is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khakhra (16 km), Latipur (20 km) and Modpar (21 km).

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

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