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- LGD code
- 510877
- Pincode
- 383310
- Post office
- Dhansura
- Population
- 878
- Households
- 189
- Literacy rate
- 59.6%
- Sex ratio
- 986 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 449
- Distance to district centre
- 44 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 16 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 52 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 409 km
- Nearest railway station
- Mahemadavad Kheda Road · 10 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Civil Hospital Kheda · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kheda compares
By population, Kheda ranks #38 of 72 villages in Dhansura mandal.
Literacy rate
%
59.6%
−6.1% vs mandal average
- Kheda
- 59.6%
- Dhansura mandal
- 65.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
986
+60 vs mandal average
- Kheda
- 986
- Dhansura mandal
- 926
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Kheda
- 4.6
- Dhansura mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kheda at a glance
Kheda is a village of 878 people in 189 households (Census 2011) in Dhansura taluka, Arvalli district, Gujarat, the 38th-largest of 72 villages in Dhansura taluka. Literacy is 60%, 6 points below the taluka average of 66% and the sex ratio is 986 women per 1,000 men. It lies 44 km from the Arvalli district centre, 12 km from Vaso, the nearest town, 10 km from Mahemadavad Kheda Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 383310, served by Dhansura post office; the LGD village code is 510877. The nearest hospital or health centre is Civil Hospital Kheda, <1 km away. The village votes in Mehmedabad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Arjunsinh Udesinh Chauhan. The population is estimated at 1,035 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kheda
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MODASA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 28
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 72
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 28
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KHEDA
- Total area (ha)
- 174.68
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 20
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kheda
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Key facts — Kheda
- LGD code
- 510877
- Pincode
- 383310
- Post office
- Dhansura
- Population (Census 2011)
- 878
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,035
- Households
- 189
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 986
- Literacy rate
- 59.6%
- Coordinates
- 22.75161°N, 72.68572°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kheda
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mehmedabad
- Member of Parliament
- Devusinh Chauhan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Arjunsinh Udesinh Chauhan
- Block / Mandal
- Dhansura
Getting there
How to reach Kheda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar52 kmcapital
- Mumbai409 km
- Delhi794 km
- Hyderabad850 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMahemadavad Kheda Road10 km
- Bus stopNavagam11 km
- Hospital / PHCCivil Hospital Kheda<1 km
- ATM / bankSBI Atm18 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil17 km
- CollegeDharmsinh Desai University (DDU), Nadiad22 km
- Police stationNadiad Main Police Station19 km
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)