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About Khandam Village

Khandam is a mid sized village in Kondagaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 872, made up of 412 males and 460 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,117 females per 1000 males. The village covers 439.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491228, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khandam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khandam village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Kondagaon
Pincode 491228
Area (hectares) 439.62 hectares
Population 872
Male Population 412
Female Population 460
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,117
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khandam compares

By the 2011 count Khandam is the 58th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 927 residents. Its 439.62 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Khandam

Khandam is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khandam as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Keelam, Kejang, Keoti and Khachagaon. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Khandam

As per the Census of India 2011, Khandam village had a population of 872. That makes it the 58th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 927 residents.

Khandam village has 412 males and 460 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khandam has about 1117 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Khandam is 491228. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khandam covers 439.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khandam falls under Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Khandam notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khandam.

Khandam is in Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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