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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Gorabai Vela Harijan
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- LGD code
- 506777
- Pincode
- 370510
- Post office
- Khavda
- Population
- 1,787
- Households
- 395
- Literacy rate
- 20.1%
- Sex ratio
- 990 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 470
- Distance to district centre
- 180 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 187 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 251 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 338 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kunkavav · 12 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. Bhalia Eye Hospital · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Khari compares
By population, Khari ranks #42 of 159 villages in Bhuj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
20.1%
−30.2% vs mandal average
- Khari
- 20.1%
- Bhuj mandal
- 50.3%
- Kachchh district
- 59.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
990
+26 vs mandal average
- Khari
- 990
- Bhuj mandal
- 964
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Khari
- 4.5
- Bhuj mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khari at a glance
Khari is a village of 1,787 people in 395 households (Census 2011) in Bhuj taluka, Kachchh district, Gujarat, the 42nd-largest of 159 villages in Bhuj taluka. Literacy is 20%, 30 points below the taluka average of 50% and the sex ratio is 990 women per 1,000 men. It lies 180 km from the Kachchh district centre, 24 km from Dhari, the nearest town, 12 km from Kunkavav railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 370510, served by Khavda post office; the LGD village code is 506777. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. Bhalia Eye Hospital, 7 km away. The sarpanch is Gorabai Vela Harijan, and the village votes in Bhuj assembly constituency, represented by MLA Keshubhai Shivdas Patel. The population is estimated at 2,107 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Khari
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BHUJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 80
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 80
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 80
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- ANDHAU
- Total area (ha)
- 1,578.37
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 20
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Khari
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Key facts — Khari
- LGD code
- 506777
- Pincode
- 370510
- Post office
- Khavda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,787
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,107
- Households
- 395
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 990
- Literacy rate
- 20.1%
- Coordinates
- 21.54371°N, 70.99047°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kachchh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhuj
- Member of Parliament
- Vinodbhai Chavda
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Keshubhai Shivdas Patel
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Gorabai Vela Harijan
- Block / Mandal
- Bhuj
- Nearest railway station
- Chirai (200.0 km)
Getting there
How to reach Khari
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar251 kmcapital
- Mumbai338 km
- Hyderabad912 km
- Delhi1005 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKunkavav12 km
- Bus stopAMARAPUR10 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. Bhalia Eye Hospital7 km
- ATM / banksaurashtra gramin bank, keriyachad22 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum21 km
- CollegeGMERS Colleage55 km
- Police stationPolice Line55 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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