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About Khod Village

Khod is a mid sized village in Gandhwani tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,196, made up of 579 males and 617 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,066 females per 1000 males. The village covers 536.25 hectares hectares.

Khod Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khod village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Dhar
Tehsil Gandhwani
Area (hectares) 536.25 hectares
Population 1,196
Male Population 579
Female Population 617
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,066
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khod compares

By the 2011 count Khod is the 50th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents. Its 536.25 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Khod

Khod is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khod as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Khod from other places

Khod lies about 44 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Tanda Road, about 15 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 Khod
Tehsil headquarters Gandhwani 12 km
Nearest railway station Tanda Road 15 km
Nearest town Manāwar 26 km
District headquarters Dhar 44 km

Villages closest to Khod

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khod village had a population of 1,196. That makes it the 50th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents.

Khod village has 579 males and 617 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khod has about 1066 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Khod covers 536.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khod falls under Gandhwani tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khod is Tanda Road, about 15 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khod.

Khod is about 44 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khod is in Gandhwani tehsil of Dhar district. Gandhwani is about 12 km away. Tanda Road is about 15 km away. Manāwar is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kota (under 2 km), Bordabara (1.6 km) and Mujalda (2.3 km).

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

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