About Vichhavad Village

Vichhavad is a mid sized village in Visavadar tehsil, in the district of Junagadh, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,381, made up of 729 males and 652 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 936.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 362020, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Vichhavad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Vichhavad village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Junagadh
Tehsil	Visavadar
Pincode	362020
Area (hectares)	936.39 hectares
Population	1,381
Male Population	729
Female Population	652
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Vichhavad compares

By the 2011 count Vichhavad is the 36th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,418 residents. Its 936.39 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 Vichhavad

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

Vichhavad lies about 30 km from Junagadh, and the nearest railway station is Juni Chavand, about 9.1 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 Vichhavad
Nearest railway station	Juni Chavand	9.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Visavadar	12 km
Nearest town	Bagasra	23 km
District headquarters	Junagadh	30 km

Villages closest to Vichhavad

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Vichhavad village had a population of 1,381. That makes it the 36th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,418 residents.

Vichhavad village has 729 males and 652 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Vichhavad has about 894 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 Vichhavad is 362020. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Vichhavad covers 936.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Vichhavad falls under Visavadar tehsil of Junagadh district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Vichhavad is Juni Chavand, about 9.1 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 Vichhavad.

Vichhavad is about 30 km from Junagadh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Vichhavad is in Visavadar tehsil of Junagadh district. Juni Chavand is about 9.1 km away. Visavadar is about 12 km away. Bagasra is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.