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About Khushgavhan Village

Khushgavhan is a small village in Akrani tehsil, in the district of Nandurbar, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 428, made up of 195 males and 233 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,195 females per 1000 males. The village covers 105.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 425414, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khushgavhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khushgavhan village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Nandurbar
Tehsil Akrani
Pincode 425414
Area (hectares) 105.34 hectares
Population 428
Male Population 195
Female Population 233
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,195
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khushgavhan compares

By the 2011 count Khushgavhan is the 127th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,162 residents. Its 105.34 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Khushgavhan

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

Khushgavhan lies about 26 km from Nandurbar, and the nearest railway station is Dhekvad, about 25 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 Khushgavhan
Nearest town Taloda 8.7 km
Nearest railway station Dhekvad 25 km
Tehsil headquarters Akrani 26 km
District headquarters Nandurbar 26 km

Villages closest to Khushgavhan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khushgavhan village had a population of 428. That makes it the 127th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,162 residents.

Khushgavhan village has 195 males and 233 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khushgavhan has about 1195 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1015.

The pincode recorded for Khushgavhan is 425414. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khushgavhan covers 105.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khushgavhan falls under Akrani tehsil of Nandurbar district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Khushgavhan is Dhekvad, about 25 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 Khushgavhan.

Khushgavhan is about 26 km from Nandurbar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khushgavhan is in Akrani tehsil of Nandurbar district. Taloda is about 8.7 km away. Dhekvad is about 25 km away. Akrani is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nal Gavhan (3.1 km), Khardi Kh (4.0 km) and Kalibel (5.3 km).

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

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