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About Khajrawand Village

Khajrawand is a mid sized village in Bade Rajpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,242, made up of 622 males and 620 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 997 females per 1000 males. The village covers 747.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494347, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khajrawand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khajrawand village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Bade Rajpur
Pincode 494347
Area (hectares) 747.06 hectares
Population 1,242
Male Population 622
Female Population 620
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 997
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khajrawand compares

By the 2011 count Khajrawand is the 24th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents. Its 747.06 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Khajrawand

Khajrawand is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khajrawand as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khajrawand from other places

Khajrawand lies about 93 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 67 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Khajrawand
Tehsil headquarters Bade Rajpur 3.7 km
Nearest town Kānker 41 km
Nearest railway station Antagarh 67 km
District headquarters Bastar 93 km

Villages closest to Khajrawand

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bade Rajpur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Khajrawand

As per the Census of India 2011, Khajrawand village had a population of 1,242. That makes it the 24th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents.

Khajrawand village has 622 males and 620 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khajrawand has about 997 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Khajrawand is 494347. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khajrawand covers 747.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khajrawand falls under Bade Rajpur tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khajrawand is Antagarh, about 67 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Khajrawand.

Khajrawand is about 93 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khajrawand is in Bade Rajpur tehsil of Bastar district. Bade Rajpur is about 3.7 km away. Kānker is about 41 km away. Antagarh is about 67 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Parond (2.0 km), Amgaon (2.5 km) and Sonpur (2.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Khajrawand today is likely to be higher.

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