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About Khajwa Village

Khajwa is one of the larger villages in Rajnagar tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,892, made up of 3,149 males and 2,743 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1754.99 hectares hectares.

Khajwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khajwa village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Rajnagar
Area (hectares) 1754.99 hectares
Population 5,892
Male Population 3,149
Female Population 2,743
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 871
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khajwa compares

By the 2011 count Khajwa is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,638 residents. Its 1754.99 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 887.

Getting to Khajwa

Khajwa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khajwa as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khajwa from other places

Khajwa lies about 34 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Rajnagar K, about 5.5 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 Khajwa
Tehsil headquarters Rajnagar 3.8 km
Nearest railway station Rajnagar K 5.5 km
Nearest town Khajuraho Group of Monuments 7.9 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 34 km

Villages closest to Khajwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khajwa village had a population of 5,892. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,638 residents.

Khajwa village has 3,149 males and 2,743 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khajwa has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 887.

Khajwa covers 1754.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khajwa falls under Rajnagar tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khajwa is Rajnagar K, about 5.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khajwa.

Khajwa is about 34 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khajwa is in Rajnagar tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Rajnagar is about 3.8 km away. Rajnagar K is about 5.5 km away. Khajuraho Group of Monuments is about 7.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhulera (1.6 km), Bandargarh (2.9 km) and Patharya (4.3 km).

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

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