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About Khamghat Village

Khamghat is a mid sized village in Lalbarra tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 885, made up of 436 males and 449 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 317.55 hectares hectares.

Khamghat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khamghat village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Lalbarra
Area (hectares) 317.55 hectares
Population 885
Male Population 436
Female Population 449
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,030
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khamghat compares

By the 2011 count Khamghat is the 74th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,485 residents. Its 317.55 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Khamghat

Khamghat is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khamghat as Available within 5 - 10 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 Khamghat from other places

Khamghat lies about 15 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Magardharra Ph, about 4.7 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 Khamghat
Nearest railway station Magardharra Ph 4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Lalbarra 15 km
District headquarters Balaghat 15 km
Nearest town Bālāghāt 15 km

Villages closest to Khamghat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khamghat village had a population of 885. That makes it the 74th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,485 residents.

Khamghat village has 436 males and 449 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khamghat has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1020.

Khamghat covers 317.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khamghat falls under Lalbarra tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khamghat is Magardharra Ph, about 4.7 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khamghat.

Khamghat is about 15 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khamghat is in Lalbarra tehsil of Balaghat district. Magardharra Ph is about 4.7 km away. Lalbarra is about 15 km away. Balaghat is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Deori (under 2 km), Mahurjhari (1.8 km) and Khirri (2.2 km).

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

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