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About Khageshri Village

Khageshri is one of the larger villages in Kutiyana tehsil, in the district of Porbandar, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,186, made up of 3,244 males and 2,942 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 5434.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 362650, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khageshri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khageshri village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Porbandar
Tehsil Kutiyana
Pincode 362650
Area (hectares) 5434.05 hectares
Population 6,186
Male Population 3,244
Female Population 2,942
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 907
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khageshri compares

By the 2011 count Khageshri is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,514 residents. Its 5434.05 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, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Khageshri

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

Khageshri lies about 40 km from Porbandar, and the nearest railway station is Wansjaliya Junction, about 12 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 Khageshri
Nearest railway station Wansjaliya Junction 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Kutiyana 15 km
Nearest town Jodhpur 17 km
District headquarters Porbandar 40 km

Villages closest to Khageshri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khageshri village had a population of 6,186. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,514 residents.

Khageshri village has 3,244 males and 2,942 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khageshri has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Khageshri is 362650. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khageshri covers 5434.05 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.

Khageshri falls under Kutiyana tehsil of Porbandar district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Khageshri is Wansjaliya Junction, about 12 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 Khageshri.

Khageshri is about 40 km from Porbandar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khageshri is in Kutiyana tehsil of Porbandar district. Wansjaliya Junction is about 12 km away. Kutiyana is about 15 km away. Jodhpur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ishvariya (8.8 km), Devda (10 km) and Mahobatpara (12 km).

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

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