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About Khursitola Village

Khursitola is a mid sized village in Lanji tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 745, made up of 371 males and 374 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 402.55 hectares hectares.

Khursitola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khursitola village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Lanji
Area (hectares) 402.55 hectares
Population 745
Male Population 371
Female Population 374
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,008
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khursitola compares

By the 2011 count Khursitola is the 86th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents. Its 402.55 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Khursitola

Khursitola is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khursitola as Available within 5 - 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 within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khursitola from other places

Khursitola lies about 56 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Salekasa, about 25 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 Khursitola
Tehsil headquarters Lanji 7.5 km
Nearest railway station Salekasa 25 km
Nearest town Dongargarh 37 km
District headquarters Balaghat 56 km

Villages closest to Khursitola

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khursitola village had a population of 745. That makes it the 86th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents.

Khursitola village has 371 males and 374 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khursitola has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

Khursitola covers 402.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khursitola falls under Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khursitola is Salekasa, about 25 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 10+ km distance for Khursitola.

Khursitola is about 56 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khursitola is in Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district. Lanji is about 7.5 km away. Salekasa is about 25 km away. Dongargarh is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sulsuli (under 2 km), Balegaon (under 2 km) and Bhanutola (under 2 km).

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

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