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About Khandhera Village

Khandhera is a large village in Kalavad tehsil, in the district of Jamnagar, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,370, made up of 1,169 males and 1,201 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. The village covers 3236.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 361013, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khandhera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khandhera village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Jamnagar
Tehsil Kalavad
Pincode 361013
Area (hectares) 3236.88 hectares
Population 2,370
Male Population 1,169
Female Population 1,201
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,027
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khandhera compares

By the 2011 count Khandhera is the 7th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,141 residents. Its 3236.88 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 987.

Getting to Khandhera

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

Khandhera lies about 33 km from Jamnagar, and the nearest railway station is Jam Wanthali, about 16 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 Khandhera
Tehsil headquarters Kalavad 11 km
Nearest town Kālāvad 11 km
Nearest railway station Jam Wanthali 16 km
District headquarters Jamnagar 33 km

Villages closest to Khandhera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khandhera village had a population of 2,370. That makes it the 7th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,141 residents.

Khandhera village has 1,169 males and 1,201 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khandhera has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Khandhera is 361013. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khandhera covers 3236.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khandhera falls under Kalavad tehsil of Jamnagar district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Khandhera is Jam Wanthali, about 16 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 Khandhera.

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

Khandhera is in Kalavad tehsil of Jamnagar district. Kalavad is about 11 km away. Kālāvad is about 11 km away. Jam Wanthali is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khan Kotda (6.6 km), Laloi (9.9 km) and Nani Bhalsan (15 km).

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

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