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About Khapa Village

Khapa is a mid sized village in Shahpur tehsil, in the district of Betul, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,099, made up of 537 males and 562 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,047 females per 1000 males. The village covers 598 hectares hectares.

Khapa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khapa village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Betul
Tehsil Shahpur
Area (hectares) 598 hectares
Population 1,099
Male Population 537
Female Population 562
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,047
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khapa compares

By the 2011 count Khapa is the 36th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 852 residents. Its 598 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Khapa

Khapa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Khapa 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 within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khapa from other places

Khapa lies about 47 km from Betul, and the nearest railway station is Pola-Patthar, about 11 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 Khapa
Nearest railway station Pola-Patthar 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Shahpur 19 km
Nearest town Seoni Mālwa 34 km
District headquarters Betul 47 km

Villages closest to Khapa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khapa village had a population of 1,099. That makes it the 36th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 852 residents.

Khapa village has 537 males and 562 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khapa has about 1047 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 991.

Khapa covers 598 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khapa falls under Shahpur tehsil of Betul district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khapa is Pola-Patthar, about 11 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khapa.

Khapa is about 47 km from Betul in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khapa is in Shahpur tehsil of Betul district. Pola-Patthar is about 11 km away. Shahpur is about 19 km away. Seoni Mālwa 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 Temrupura (under 2 km), Sirghat Ryt (3.8 km) and Kachhar (4.6 km).

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

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