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About Khod Amba Village

Khod Amba is a mid sized village in Mandvi tehsil, in the district of Surat, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,673, made up of 834 males and 839 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 868.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 394163, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khod Amba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khod Amba village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Surat
Tehsil Mandvi
Pincode 394163
Area (hectares) 868.19 hectares
Population 1,673
Male Population 834
Female Population 839
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,006
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khod Amba compares

By the 2011 count Khod Amba is the 35th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,336 residents. Its 868.19 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Khod Amba

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

Khod Amba lies about 78 km from Surat, and the nearest railway station is Ukai Songhad, about 6.6 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 Khod Amba
Nearest railway station Ukai Songhad 6.6 km
Nearest town Songadh 8.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Mandvi 34 km
District headquarters Surat 78 km

Villages closest to Khod Amba

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mandvi 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 Khod Amba

As per the Census of India 2011, Khod Amba village had a population of 1,673. That makes it the 35th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,336 residents.

Khod Amba village has 834 males and 839 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khod Amba has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Khod Amba is 394163. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khod Amba covers 868.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khod Amba falls under Mandvi tehsil of Surat district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Khod Amba is Ukai Songhad, about 6.6 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 Khod Amba.

Khod Amba is about 78 km from Surat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khod Amba is in Mandvi tehsil of Surat district. Ukai Songhad is about 6.6 km away. Songadh is about 8.7 km away. Mandvi is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amba (under 2 km), Ambapor (under 2 km) and Choramba (under 2 km).

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

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