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About Valka Nana Village

Valka Nana is a mid sized village in Nakhatrana tehsil, in the district of Kachchh, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 599, made up of 299 males and 300 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1627.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 370625, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Valka Nana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Valka Nana village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Kachchh
Tehsil Nakhatrana
Pincode 370625
Area (hectares) 1627.29 hectares
Population 599
Male Population 299
Female Population 300
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,003
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Valka Nana compares

By the 2011 count Valka Nana is the 63rd largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,226 residents. Its 1627.29 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 963.

Getting to Valka Nana

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

Valka Nana lies about 49 km from Kachchh, and the nearest railway station is Sanosara, about 14 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 Valka Nana
Tehsil headquarters Nakhatrana 1.7 km
Nearest railway station Sanosara 14 km
Nearest town Bhuj 44 km
District headquarters Kachchh 49 km

Villages closest to Valka Nana

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nakhatrana 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 Valka Nana

As per the Census of India 2011, Valka Nana village had a population of 599. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,226 residents.

Valka Nana village has 299 males and 300 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Valka Nana has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Valka Nana is 370625. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Valka Nana covers 1627.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Valka Nana falls under Nakhatrana tehsil of Kachchh district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Valka Nana is Sanosara, about 14 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 Valka Nana.

Valka Nana is about 49 km from Kachchh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Valka Nana is in Nakhatrana tehsil of Kachchh district. Nakhatrana is about 1.7 km away. Sanosara is about 14 km away. Bhuj is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nakhatrana Nana (under 2 km), Nakhatrana (1.7 km) and Nagalpar (2.1 km).

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

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