About Khirsara Village

Khirsara is a large village in Ranavav tehsil, in the district of Porbandar, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,335, made up of 1,172 males and 1,163 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 992 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1427.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 360570, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khirsara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khirsara village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Porbandar
Tehsil	Ranavav
Pincode	360570
Area (hectares)	1427.48 hectares
Population	2,335
Male Population	1,172
Female Population	1,163
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	992
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khirsara compares

By the 2011 count Khirsara is the 7th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents. Its 1427.48 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Khirsara

Khirsara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khirsara 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khirsara from other places

Khirsara lies about 29 km from Porbandar, and the nearest railway station is Sakhpur, about 5.1 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 Khirsara
Nearest railway station	Sakhpur	5.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ranavav	14 km
Nearest town	Rānāvāv	14 km
District headquarters	Porbandar	29 km

Villages closest to Khirsara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khirsara village had a population of 2,335. That makes it the 7th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents.

Khirsara village has 1,172 males and 1,163 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khirsara has about 992 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 942.

The pincode recorded for Khirsara is 360570. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khirsara covers 1427.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khirsara falls under Ranavav tehsil of Porbandar district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Khirsara is Sakhpur, about 5.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Khirsara.

Khirsara is about 29 km from Porbandar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khirsara is in Ranavav tehsil of Porbandar district. Sakhpur is about 5.1 km away. Ranavav is about 14 km away. Rānāvāv is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.