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About Khed Village

Khed is a mid sized village in Aurad tehsil, in the district of Bidar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,804, made up of 926 males and 878 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 638.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585417, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khed Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khed village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Bidar
Tehsil Aurad
Pincode 585417
Area (hectares) 638.87 hectares
Population 1,804
Male Population 926
Female Population 878
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 948
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khed compares

By the 2011 count Khed is the 46th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,687 residents. Its 638.87 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Khed

Khed is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Khed as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khed from other places

Khed lies about 52 km from Bidar, and the nearest railway station is Kamalnagar, about 15 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 Khed
Nearest railway station Kamalnagar 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Aurad 16 km
Nearest town Udgīr 19 km
District headquarters Bidar 52 km

Villages closest to Khed

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Aurad 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 Khed

As per the Census of India 2011, Khed village had a population of 1,804. That makes it the 46th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,687 residents.

Khed village has 926 males and 878 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khed has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Khed is 585417. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khed covers 638.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khed falls under Aurad tehsil of Bidar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Khed is Kamalnagar, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Khed is about 52 km from Bidar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khed is in Aurad tehsil of Bidar district. Kamalnagar is about 15 km away. Aurad is about 16 km away. Udgīr is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Handikhera (1.6 km), Chimegaon (2.0 km) and Malegaon (3.5 km).

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

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