About Picharvan Village

Picharvan is a small village in Mandvi tehsil, in the district of Surat, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 344, made up of 178 males and 166 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 786.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 394440, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Picharvan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Picharvan village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Surat
Tehsil	Mandvi
Pincode	394440
Area (hectares)	786.06 hectares
Population	344
Male Population	178
Female Population	166
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	933
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Picharvan compares

By the 2011 count Picharvan is the 112th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,336 residents. Its 786.06 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 1012.

Getting to Picharvan

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

Picharvan lies about 65 km from Surat, and the nearest railway station is Chitalda, about 8.5 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 Picharvan
Nearest railway station	Chitalda	8.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mandvi	20 km
Nearest town	Songadh	30 km
District headquarters	Surat	65 km

Villages closest to Picharvan

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.

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Common questions about Picharvan

As per the Census of India 2011, Picharvan village had a population of 344. That makes it the 112th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,336 residents.

Picharvan village has 178 males and 166 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Picharvan has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Picharvan is 394440. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Picharvan covers 786.06 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.

Picharvan falls under Mandvi tehsil of Surat district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Picharvan is Chitalda, about 8.5 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 Picharvan.

Picharvan is about 65 km from Surat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Picharvan is in Mandvi tehsil of Surat district. Chitalda is about 8.5 km away. Mandvi is about 20 km away. Songadh is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.