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About Khagal Village

Khagal is a small village in Chanderi tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 387, made up of 209 males and 178 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 852 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1299.93 hectares hectares.

Khagal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khagal village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ashoknagar
Tehsil Chanderi
Area (hectares) 1299.93 hectares
Population 387
Male Population 209
Female Population 178
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 852
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Khagal compares

By the 2011 count Khagal is the 105th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 942 residents. Its 1299.93 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Khagal

Khagal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khagal as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khagal from other places

Khagal lies about 47 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Jakhalaun, about 16 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 Khagal
Nearest railway station Jakhalaun 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Chanderi 16 km
District headquarters Ashoknagar 47 km

Villages closest to Khagal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khagal village had a population of 387. That makes it the 105th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 942 residents.

Khagal village has 209 males and 178 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khagal has about 852 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 898.

Khagal covers 1299.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khagal falls under Chanderi tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khagal is Jakhalaun, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khagal.

Khagal is about 47 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khagal is in Chanderi tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Jakhalaun is about 16 km away. Chanderi is about 16 km away. Ashoknagar is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khakron (1.6 km), Soter (3.8 km) and Behati (4.0 km).

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

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