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About Kherda Village

Kherda is a mid sized village in Shegaon tehsil, in the district of Buldana, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,608, made up of 841 males and 767 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 705.17 hectares hectares.

Kherda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kherda village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Buldana
Tehsil Shegaon
Area (hectares) 705.17 hectares
Population 1,608
Male Population 841
Female Population 767
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 912
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kherda compares

By the 2011 count Kherda is the 14th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,439 residents. Its 705.17 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Kherda

Kherda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kherda 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kherda from other places

Kherda lies about 55 km from Buldana, and the nearest railway station is Shegaon, about 6.1 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 Kherda
Nearest railway station Shegaon 6.1 km
District headquarters Buldana 55 km

Villages closest to Kherda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kherda village had a population of 1,608. That makes it the 14th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,439 residents.

Kherda village has 841 males and 767 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kherda has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 930.

Kherda covers 705.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kherda falls under Shegaon tehsil of Buldana district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Kherda is Shegaon, about 6.1 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 10+ km distance for Kherda.

Kherda is about 55 km from Buldana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kherda is in Shegaon tehsil of Buldana district. Shegaon is about 6.1 km away. Buldana is about 55 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gaulkhed (1.5 km), Takali Hat (1.5 km) and Takali Viro (1.8 km).

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

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