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About Kharkhadi Village

Kharkhadi is a large village in Khairlanji tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,734, made up of 1,358 males and 1,376 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 846.1 hectares hectares.

Kharkhadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharkhadi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Khairlanji
Area (hectares) 846.1 hectares
Population 2,734
Male Population 1,358
Female Population 1,376
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,013
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kharkhadi compares

By the 2011 count Kharkhadi is the 13th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,837 residents. Its 846.1 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1028.

Getting to Kharkhadi

Kharkhadi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kharkhadi as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Kharkhadi from other places

Kharkhadi lies about 29 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Waraseoni, about 17 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 Kharkhadi
Tehsil headquarters Khairlanji 4.0 km
Nearest town Wārāseonī 16 km
Nearest railway station Waraseoni 17 km
District headquarters Balaghat 29 km

Villages closest to Kharkhadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharkhadi village had a population of 2,734. That makes it the 13th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,837 residents.

Kharkhadi village has 1,358 males and 1,376 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharkhadi has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1028.

Kharkhadi covers 846.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kharkhadi falls under Khairlanji tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kharkhadi is Waraseoni, about 17 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kharkhadi.

Kharkhadi is about 29 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharkhadi is in Khairlanji tehsil of Balaghat district. Khairlanji is about 4.0 km away. Wārāseonī is about 16 km away. Waraseoni is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nawegaon (1.8 km), Nawegaon Khurd (1.8 km) and Chichtola (1.8 km).

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

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