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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kheralu
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| settlement_type = city
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Gujarat, India
| coordinates = {{coord|23.88|N|72.62|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Gujarat]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Mehsana district|Mehsana]]
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| elevation_m = 149
| population_total = 20143
| population_as_of = 2001
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| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Hindi]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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'''Kheralu''' is a city and a [[municipality]] in [[Mehsana district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Gujarat]]. It is a little north of Mahesana Proper town and it is approximately half the size of
Mehsana.

== History ==
A Bodhisattva sculpture from 3rd-4th century CE was discovered in Kheralu.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CtDLDAAAQBAJ&q=kheralu+bodhisattva&pg=PA136|title=The Archaeology of Sacred Spaces: The temple in western India, 2nd century BCE–8th century CE|last1=Mishra|first1=Susan Verma|last2=Ray|first2=Himanshu Prabha|date=2016-08-05|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317193746|language=en}}</ref>

Kheralu was home for a community of Humbada Jains in the 15th-16th century CE.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.soas.ac.uk/jainastudies/newsletter/file75030.pdf|title=CoJS Newsletter • March 2012 • Issue 7|date=March 2012|work=Center of Jaina Studies Newsletters, SOAS, London|access-date=27 July 2018}}</ref>

==Geography==
Kheralu is located at {{Coord|23.88|N|72.62|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/9/Kheralu.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Kheralu]</ref> It has an average elevation of 149 metres (488 feet). It is the second largest town in its district after Mehsana proper town.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}}

The river [[Rupen River|Rupen]] flows through the taluka of Kheralu. Originating from the hills of Taranga in Kheralu, it eventually flows into the [[Little Rann of Kutch]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JycbAAAAIAAJ&q=kheralu+visnagar|title=Gujarat State Gazetteers: Mehsana District|last=(India)|first=Gujarat|date=1975|publisher=Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications, Gujarat State|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://guj-nwrws.gujarat.gov.in/showpage.aspx?contentid=1994&lang=english|title=Rupen {{!}} River Basins {{!}} The Region {{!}} Narmada (Gujarat State)|last=Narmada|website=guj-nwrws.gujarat.gov.in|access-date=2018-07-27}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Kheralu had a population of 20,143. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Kheralu has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 76%, and female literacy is 59%. In Kheralu, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

==References==
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Mehsana district]]

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