About Karchond Village

Karchond is a large village in Kaprada tehsil, in the district of Valsad, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,707, made up of 1,354 males and 1,353 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 999 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1547.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 396230, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karchond Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karchond village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Valsad
Tehsil	Kaprada
Pincode	396230
Area (hectares)	1547.17 hectares
Population	2,707
Male Population	1,354
Female Population	1,353
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	999
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karchond compares

By the 2011 count Karchond is the 32nd largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,023 residents. Its 1547.17 hectares work out to about 1.7 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Karchond

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

Karchond lies about 56 km from Valsad, and the nearest railway station is Bhilad, about 31 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 Karchond
Nearest town	Āmli	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kaprada	22 km
Nearest railway station	Bhilad	31 km
District headquarters	Valsad	56 km

Villages closest to Karchond

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karchond village had a population of 2,707. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,023 residents.

Karchond village has 1,354 males and 1,353 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karchond has about 999 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Karchond is 396230. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karchond covers 1547.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karchond falls under Kaprada tehsil of Valsad district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Karchond is Bhilad, about 31 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 Karchond.

Karchond is about 56 km from Valsad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karchond is in Kaprada tehsil of Valsad district. Āmli is about 21 km away. Kaprada is about 22 km away. Bhilad is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.