About Khershet Village

Khershet is a mid sized village in Chiplun tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,843, made up of 887 males and 956 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,078 females per 1000 males. The village covers 549 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 415611, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khershet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khershet village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Ratnagiri
Tehsil	Chiplun
Pincode	415611
Area (hectares)	549 hectares
Population	1,843
Male Population	887
Female Population	956
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,078
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khershet compares

By the 2011 count Khershet is the 36th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,290 residents. Its 549 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1147.

Getting to Khershet

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

Khershet lies about 45 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Aravali Road, about 3.4 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 Khershet
Nearest railway station	Aravali Road	3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chiplun	21 km
Nearest town	Chiplūn	21 km
District headquarters	Ratnagiri	45 km

Villages closest to Khershet

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khershet village had a population of 1,843. That makes it the 36th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,290 residents.

Khershet village has 887 males and 956 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khershet has about 1078 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1147.

The pincode recorded for Khershet is 415611. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khershet covers 549 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khershet falls under Chiplun tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Khershet is Aravali Road, about 3.4 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 Khershet.

Khershet is about 45 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khershet is in Chiplun tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Aravali Road is about 3.4 km away. Chiplun is about 21 km away. Chiplūn is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.