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About Khurda Village

Khurda is a mid sized village in Nowgong tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,222, made up of 650 males and 572 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 854.91 hectares hectares.

Khurda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khurda village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Nowgong
Area (hectares) 854.91 hectares
Population 1,222
Male Population 650
Female Population 572
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 880
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 Khurda compares

By the 2011 count Khurda is the 35th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,677 residents. Its 854.91 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 907.

Getting to Khurda

Khurda is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khurda 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 Khurda from other places

Khurda lies about 22 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Bela Tal, about 19 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 Khurda
Tehsil headquarters Nowgong 11 km
Nearest railway station Bela Tal 19 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 22 km

Villages closest to Khurda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khurda village had a population of 1,222. That makes it the 35th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,677 residents.

Khurda village has 650 males and 572 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khurda has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 907.

Khurda covers 854.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khurda falls under Nowgong tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khurda is Bela Tal, about 19 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 Khurda.

Khurda is about 22 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khurda is in Nowgong tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Nowgong is about 11 km away. Bela Tal is about 19 km away. Chhatarpur is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chaukheda (under 2 km), Jhijhan (2.9 km) and Dhirajpur (3.2 km).

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

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