About Filon Village

Filon is a small village in Mandvi tehsil, in the district of Kachchh, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 188, made up of 103 males and 85 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 825 females per 1000 males. The village covers 404.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 370445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Filon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Filon village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Kachchh
Tehsil	Mandvi
Pincode	370445
Area (hectares)	404.14 hectares
Population	188
Male Population	103
Female Population	85
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	825
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Filon compares

By the 2011 count Filon is the 85th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,652 residents. Its 404.14 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 980.

Getting to Filon

Filon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Filon as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Filon from other places

Filon lies about 39 km from Kachchh, and the nearest railway station is Deshalpar, about 11 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 Filon
Nearest railway station	Deshalpar	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mandvi	33 km
Nearest town	Māndvi	33 km
District headquarters	Kachchh	39 km

Villages closest to Filon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Filon village had a population of 188. That makes it the 85th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,652 residents.

Filon village has 103 males and 85 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Filon has about 825 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 980.

The pincode recorded for Filon is 370445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Filon covers 404.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Filon falls under Mandvi tehsil of Kachchh district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Filon is Deshalpar, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance for Filon.

Filon is about 39 km from Kachchh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Filon is in Mandvi tehsil of Kachchh district. Deshalpar is about 11 km away. Mandvi is about 33 km away. Māndvi is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.