# Kherda Village, Basavakalyan, Bidar (Karnataka) – PIN Code

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Village · Basavakalyan, Bidar 

# Kherda

Kherda is a village in Basavakalyan sub-district of Bidar district, Karnataka, PIN code **585437**. The 2011 Census counted **3,204 people in 600 households**, the 24th largest of 112 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.9%.

- 3,204people (2011)
- 600households
- 60.0%literacy
- 585437PIN code

## Kherda PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kherda is 585437.** Kherda falls in Basavakalyan sub-district, Bidar district, Karnataka.

- PIN code585437
- Gram panchayatKherda B
- Community development blockBasavakalyan
- Census village code599771

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

## How far is Kherda from nearby towns?

- Basavakalyan (sub-district HQ)28 km by road
- Bidar (district HQ)60 km by road
- Homnabad (nearest town)20 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 Kherda?

16 services counted by the Census are inside Kherda; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 4 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Rajeshwar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Homnabad
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Homnabad
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 18 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 Kherda known for?

The main crops are **sugar cane, jowar and tur dal**. Products made here include jaggery. About 81% of the 1,902 hectares of village land is sown, and 231 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 Kherda

Of every 100 households in Kherda in 2011, 87 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kherda · ■ Basavakalyan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**82%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**91%

Tap water ****59%**

**42%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**20%

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

**3%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****62%**

**46%

Television ****28%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**9%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****24%**

**28%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 Kherda?

■ Kherda · ■ Basavakalyan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.0%**

**66.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****985**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1023**

**953

Working population ****49.0%**

**45.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.4% for men and 45.3% for women. 56% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 490 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 662 (42%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 273 (17%) · **■** Marginal 136 (9%)

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 Basavakalyan

- Bhosga3,547 people
- Kitta3,532 people
- Chicknagaon3,503 people
- Kinni3,441 people
- Ladwanti3,169 people
- Jajanmugli3,153 people
- Gorta3,144 people
- Gadigondgaon3,112 people

[All 115 villages in Basavakalyan](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/bidar/basavakalyan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kherda?585437
- How far is Kherda from Bidar?60 km by road
- What is the population of Kherda?3,204 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kherda in?Bidar district (Basavakalyan sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Kherda?60.0% (Census 2011)