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About Khandwa Village

Khandwa is a mid sized village in Lanji tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 526, made up of 262 males and 264 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 191.04 hectares hectares.

Khandwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khandwa village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Lanji
Area (hectares) 191.04 hectares
Population 526
Male Population 262
Female Population 264
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,008
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khandwa compares

By the 2011 count Khandwa is the 99th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents. Its 191.04 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 1013.

Getting to Khandwa

Khandwa is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khandwa as Available within <5 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 Khandwa from other places

Khandwa lies about 54 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Salekasa, about 29 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 Khandwa
Tehsil headquarters Lanji 8.3 km
Nearest railway station Salekasa 29 km
Nearest town Khairāgarh 40 km
District headquarters Balaghat 54 km

Villages closest to Khandwa

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 Khandwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Khandwa village had a population of 526. That makes it the 99th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents.

Khandwa village has 262 males and 264 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

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

Khandwa covers 191.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Khandwa is Salekasa, about 29 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 10+ km distance for Khandwa.

Khandwa is about 54 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khandwa is in Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district. Lanji is about 8.3 km away. Salekasa is about 29 km away. Khairāgarh is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gulpur (under 2 km), Kadta (under 2 km) and Sarra (2.0 km).

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

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