About Kherka Village

Kherka is a mid sized village in Kavant tehsil, in the district of Vadodara, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,731, made up of 889 males and 842 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 462.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 391168, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kherka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kherka village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Vadodara
Tehsil	Kavant
Pincode	391168
Area (hectares)	462.52 hectares
Population	1,731
Male Population	889
Female Population	842
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	947
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kherka compares

By the 2011 count Kherka is the 36th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,530 residents. Its 462.52 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Kherka

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

Kherka lies about 92 km from Vadodara. 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 Kherka
Nearest town	Chhota Udepur	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kavant	18 km
District headquarters	Vadodara	92 km

Villages closest to Kherka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kherka village had a population of 1,731. That makes it the 36th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,530 residents.

Kherka village has 889 males and 842 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kherka has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Kherka is 391168. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kherka covers 462.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kherka falls under Kavant tehsil of Vadodara district in Gujarat.

The census record for Kherka notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Kherka.

Kherka is about 92 km from Vadodara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kherka is in Kavant tehsil of Vadodara district. Chhota Udepur is about 11 km away. Kavant is about 18 km away. Vadodara is about 92 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.