Kherva

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Kherva
Village
Umiya Chowk, Kherva
Kherva Location in Gujarat, India
Coordinates: 23°32′39″N 72°26′35″E / 23.5443°N 72.443161°E / 23.5443; 72.443161
Country	India
State	Gujarat
District	Mehsana
Government
• Sarpanch	Mr. Govindbhai Patel
Area
• Total	21.34 km2 (8.24 sq mi)
• Rank	3rd (Mehsana)
Elevation	81 m (266 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	9,448[1]
• Rank	3rd (Mehsana)
• Density	443/km2 (1,150/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Gujarati, Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Pin Code	382711 , 384001
Vehicle registration	GJ-2
Website	Kherva's Blog

Kherva is a village in the Mehsana district, Gujarat, India, situated on State Highway 73 between Gandhinagar and Mehsana. It borders the following villages: Devarasan, Kadavasan, Mulsan, Jagudan, Sanganpur, Punasan, Hebuva, Udalpur, Gunjala, Dharusan, and Dhamnava.

The nearest railway stations are 1) Jagudan, located 4 km from Kherva, and 2) Mehsana 8 km away. The Tropic of Cancer passes nearby Kherva, at Ditasan.^[2]

Kherva Village is prosperous because of its location 7 km away from the Ahmedabad-to-Mehsana toll highway and railways in Jagudan Village and Mehsana City. Kherva has an advanced irrigation facility which draws water from the Sujlam Suflam canal,^[3] the Kherva water reservation tank, and the Khet Talavdi. Kherva has its own farm-product selling market as well as a large second one at Mehsana.

There are two modern hospitals in Kherva, with many small clinics in the area. In Kherva, there are many educational institutions such as a Kherva Primary Boys/Girls School, Higher Secondary School (Shree Jaykorbai Vidyamandir^[4]), PTC College, as well as the Ganpat University.^[5]