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About Kherwani Village

Kherwani is a mid sized village in Pati tehsil, in the district of Barwani, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,073, made up of 560 males and 513 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 628.65 hectares hectares.

Kherwani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kherwani village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Barwani
Tehsil Pati
Area (hectares) 628.65 hectares
Population 1,073
Male Population 560
Female Population 513
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 916
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Kherwani compares

By the 2011 count Kherwani is the 55th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,497 residents. Its 628.65 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 980.

Getting to Kherwani

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

How far is Kherwani from other places

Kherwani lies about 38 km from Barwani, and the nearest railway station is Alirajpur, about 34 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 Kherwani
Tehsil headquarters Pati 24 km
Nearest town Kukshi 31 km
Nearest railway station Alirajpur 34 km
District headquarters Barwani 38 km

Villages closest to Kherwani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kherwani village had a population of 1,073. That makes it the 55th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,497 residents.

Kherwani village has 560 males and 513 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kherwani has about 916 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 980.

Kherwani covers 628.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kherwani falls under Pati tehsil of Barwani district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kherwani is Alirajpur, about 34 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kherwani.

Kherwani is about 38 km from Barwani in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kherwani is in Pati tehsil of Barwani district. Pati is about 24 km away. Kukshi is about 31 km away. Alirajpur is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Semlar (3.9 km), Ghonghsa (4.1 km) and Golgaon (4.3 km).

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

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