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- LGD code
- 561316
- Pincode
- 413507
- Post office
- Kallam
- Population
- 903
- Households
- 211
- Literacy rate
- 69.5%
- Sex ratio
- 917 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 424
- Distance to district centre
- 57 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 23 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 369 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 306 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dhengli Pimpalgaon · 17 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Shikwal Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kherda compares
By population, Kherda ranks #76 of 93 villages in Kalamb mandal.
Literacy rate
%
69.5%
−0.6% vs mandal average
- Kherda
- 69.5%
- Kalamb mandal
- 70.1%
- Dharashiv district
- 68.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
917
+2 vs mandal average
- Kherda
- 917
- Kalamb mandal
- 915
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Kherda
- 4.3
- Kalamb mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kherda at a glance
Kherda is a village of 903 people in 211 households (Census 2011) in Kalamb taluka, Dharashiv district, Maharashtra, the 76th-largest of 93 villages in Kalamb taluka. Literacy is 70%, about the same as the taluka average of 70% and the sex ratio is 917 women per 1,000 men. It lies 57 km from the Dharashiv district centre, 8 km from Washi, the nearest town, 17 km from Dhengli Pimpalgaon railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 413507, served by Kallam post office; the LGD village code is 561316. The nearest hospital or health centre is Shikwal Hospital, 6 km away. The village votes in Parli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dhananjay Panditrao Munde. The population is estimated at 1,065 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kherda
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- 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
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KALAMB
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 38
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 353.95
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 213
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kherda
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Key facts — Kherda
- LGD code
- 561316
- Pincode
- 413507
- Post office
- Kallam
- Population (Census 2011)
- 903
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,065
- Households
- 211
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 917
- Literacy rate
- 69.5%
- Coordinates
- 19.27999°N, 76.38396°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Beed
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Parli
- Member of Parliament
- Bajrang Sonwane
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dhananjay Panditrao Munde
- Block / Mandal
- Kalamb
Getting there
How to reach Kherda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai369 kmcapital
- Hyderabad306 km
- Bengaluru713 km
- Chennai804 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDhengli Pimpalgaon17 km
- Hospital / PHCShikwal Hospital6 km
- CollegeProposed Cite Model College, Ghansawangi48 km
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)