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About Khapa Village

Khapa is a small village in Multai tehsil, in the district of Betul, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 355, made up of 187 males and 168 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 426.38 hectares hectares.

Khapa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khapa village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Betul
Tehsil Multai
Area (hectares) 426.38 hectares
Population 355
Male Population 187
Female Population 168
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 898
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khapa compares

By the 2011 count Khapa is the 196th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,036 residents. Its 426.38 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 999.

Getting to Khapa

Khapa is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khapa as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 37 km from Betul, and the nearest railway station is Jambara, about 6.5 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 Jambara 6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Multai 12 km
District headquarters Betul 37 km

Villages closest to Khapa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Multai 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 355. That makes it the 196th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,036 residents.

Khapa village has 187 males and 168 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khapa has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 999.

Khapa covers 426.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Khapa is Jambara, about 6.5 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 <5 km distance for Khapa.

Khapa is about 37 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 Multai tehsil of Betul district. Jambara is about 6.5 km away. Multai is about 12 km away. Betul 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 Badiya Khapa (under 2 km), Buyalkhapa (under 2 km) and Hirakhapa (under 2 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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