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About Khajri Village

Khajri is a mid sized village in Katangi tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,565, made up of 786 males and 779 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 991 females per 1000 males. The village covers 557 hectares hectares.

Khajri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khajri village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Katangi
Area (hectares) 557 hectares
Population 1,565
Male Population 786
Female Population 779
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 991
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khajri compares

By the 2011 count Khajri is the 24th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,448 residents. Its 557 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1040.

Getting to Khajri

The census records public bus service for Khajri as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Khajri from other places

Khajri lies about 41 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Katangi, about 3.0 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 Khajri
Nearest railway station Katangi 3.0 km
Nearest town Wārāseonī 25 km
District headquarters Balaghat 41 km

Villages closest to Khajri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khajri village had a population of 1,565. That makes it the 24th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,448 residents.

Khajri village has 786 males and 779 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khajri has about 991 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1040.

Khajri covers 557 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khajri falls under Katangi tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khajri is Katangi, about 3.0 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khajri.

Khajri is about 41 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khajri is in Katangi tehsil of Balaghat district. Katangi is about 3.0 km away. Wārāseonī is about 25 km away. Balaghat is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chikmara (under 2 km), Selwa (2.4 km) and Badgaon (2.6 km).

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

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