# Kherka Village, Kavant, Vadodara (Gujarat) – PIN Code

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Village · Kavant, Vadodara 

# Kherka

Kherka is a village in Kavant sub-district of Vadodara district, Gujarat, PIN code **391168**. The 2011 Census counted **1,731 people in 329 households**, the 36th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 44.1%.

- 1,731people (2011)
- 329households
- 56.3%literacy
- 391168PIN code

## Kherka PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kherka is 391168.** Kherka falls in Kavant sub-district, Vadodara district, Gujarat.

- PIN code391168
- Gram panchayatKherka
- Community development blockKavant
- Census village code520400

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Kherka from nearby towns?

- Kavant (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Vadodara (district HQ)106 km by road
- Kavant (nearest town)15 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Kherka?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Kherka; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Khantiyavad
- ○Degree college10+ km · Vadodara
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kavant
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)24 h summer · 24 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kherka known for?

The main crops are **maize, cotton and pigeon pea**. About 83% of the 463 hectares of village land is sown, and 235 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Kherka

Of every 100 households in Kherka in 2011, 92 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kherka · ■ Kavant rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**75%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**98%

Use banking services ****57%**

**36%

Television ****6%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**52%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Kherka?

■ Kherka · ■ Kavant rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.3%**

**44.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**991

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1093**

**977

Working population ****56.3%**

**52.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.4% for men and 42.3% for women. 61% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 316 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 337 (35%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 40 (4%) · **■** Marginal 281 (29%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Kavant

- Ambadungar1,903 people
- Keldhara1,891 people
- Manavant1,881 people
- Titod1,848 people
- Asar1,725 people
- Kadipani1,695 people
- Muset1,670 people
- Moti Tokri1,650 people

[All 132 villages in Kavant](https://wherepedia.org/india/gujarat/vadodara/kavant/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kherka?391168
- How far is Kherka from Vadodara?106 km by road
- What is the population of Kherka?1,731 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kherka in?Vadodara district (Kavant sub-district), Gujarat
- What is the literacy rate of Kherka?56.3% (Census 2011)