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About Viraniya Village

Viraniya is a mid sized village in Mundra tehsil, in the district of Kachchh, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 906, made up of 466 males and 440 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 819.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 370425, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Viraniya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Viraniya village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Kachchh
Tehsil Mundra
Pincode 370425
Area (hectares) 819.32 hectares
Population 906
Male Population 466
Female Population 440
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 944
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Viraniya compares

By the 2011 count Viraniya is the 39th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,284 residents. Its 819.32 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 875.

Getting to Viraniya

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

Viraniya lies about 37 km from Kachchh, and the nearest railway station is Mundra Airport Road, about 10 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 Viraniya
Tehsil headquarters Mundra 9.2 km
Nearest railway station Mundra Airport Road 10 km
District headquarters Kachchh 37 km

Villages closest to Viraniya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Viraniya village had a population of 906. That makes it the 39th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,284 residents.

Viraniya village has 466 males and 440 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Viraniya has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 875.

The pincode recorded for Viraniya is 370425. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Viraniya covers 819.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Viraniya falls under Mundra tehsil of Kachchh district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Viraniya is Mundra Airport Road, about 10 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 Viraniya.

Viraniya is about 37 km from Kachchh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Viraniya is in Mundra tehsil of Kachchh district. Mundra is about 9.2 km away. Mundra Airport Road is about 10 km away. Kachchh is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Toda (1.5 km), Lakhapar (1.9 km) and Bhorara (2.7 km).

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

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