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About Khandikeri Village

Khandikeri is a mid sized village in Aurad tehsil, in the district of Bidar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,149, made up of 587 males and 562 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1025.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585326, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khandikeri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khandikeri village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Bidar
Tehsil Aurad
Pincode 585326
Area (hectares) 1025.38 hectares
Population 1,149
Male Population 587
Female Population 562
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 957
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khandikeri compares

By the 2011 count Khandikeri is the 86th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,687 residents. Its 1025.38 hectares work out to about 1.1 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Khandikeri

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

How far is Khandikeri from other places

Khandikeri lies about 40 km from Bidar, and the nearest railway station is Kamalnagar, about 20 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 Khandikeri
Tehsil headquarters Aurad 5.5 km
Nearest railway station Kamalnagar 20 km
Nearest town Bhālki 28 km
District headquarters Bidar 40 km

Villages closest to Khandikeri

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 Khandikeri

As per the Census of India 2011, Khandikeri village had a population of 1,149. That makes it the 86th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,687 residents.

Khandikeri village has 587 males and 562 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khandikeri has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Khandikeri is 585326. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khandikeri covers 1025.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khandikeri falls under Aurad tehsil of Bidar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Khandikeri is Kamalnagar, about 20 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Khandikeri.

Khandikeri is about 40 km from Bidar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khandikeri is in Aurad tehsil of Bidar district. Aurad is about 5.5 km away. Kamalnagar is about 20 km away. Bhālki is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jamlapur (1.6 km), Hassikeri (2.6 km) and Gondgaon (3.7 km).

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

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