About Kherai Village

Kherai is a mid sized village in Meghraj tehsil, in the district of Sabar Kantha, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 864, made up of 415 males and 449 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,082 females per 1000 males. The village covers 362.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 383350, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kherai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kherai village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Sabar Kantha
Tehsil	Meghraj
Pincode	383350
Area (hectares)	362.71 hectares
Population	864
Male Population	415
Female Population	449
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,082
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 Kherai compares

By the 2011 count Kherai is the 68th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,210 residents. Its 362.71 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Kherai

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

Kherai lies about 42 km from Sabar Kantha, and the nearest railway station is Shamlaji Road, about 7.8 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 Kherai
Nearest railway station	Shamlaji Road	7.8 km
Nearest town	Modāsa	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Meghraj	31 km
District headquarters	Sabar Kantha	42 km

Villages closest to Kherai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kherai village had a population of 864. That makes it the 68th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,210 residents.

Kherai village has 415 males and 449 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kherai has about 1082 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Kherai is 383350. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kherai covers 362.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kherai falls under Meghraj tehsil of Sabar Kantha district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Kherai is Shamlaji Road, about 7.8 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 Kherai.

Kherai is about 42 km from Sabar Kantha in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kherai is in Meghraj tehsil of Sabar Kantha district. Shamlaji Road is about 7.8 km away. Modāsa is about 25 km away. Meghraj is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.