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About Khitera Village

Khitera is a small village in Gwalior tehsil, in the district of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 327, made up of 178 males and 149 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 837 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1396.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 475330, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khitera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khitera village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Gwalior
Tehsil Gwalior
Pincode 475330
Area (hectares) 1396.64 hectares
Population 327
Male Population 178
Female Population 149
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 837
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 Khitera compares

By the 2011 count Khitera is the 250th largest of the 307 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,271 residents. Its 1396.64 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 834.

Getting to Khitera

Khitera is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Khitera 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 Khitera from other places

Khitera lies about 34 km from Gwalior, and the nearest railway station is Thara, about 3.9 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 Khitera
Nearest railway station Thara 3.9 km
Nearest town Jora 8.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Gwalior 34 km

Villages closest to Khitera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khitera village had a population of 327. That makes it the 250th largest of the 307 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,271 residents.

Khitera village has 178 males and 149 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khitera has about 837 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 834.

The pincode recorded for Khitera is 475330. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khitera covers 1396.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khitera falls under Gwalior tehsil of Gwalior district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khitera is Thara, about 3.9 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 Khitera.

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

Khitera is in Gwalior tehsil of Gwalior district. Thara is about 3.9 km away. Jora is about 8.1 km away. Gwalior 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 Sumawali (4.4 km), Jiraina (5.9 km) and Banhera (6.2 km).

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

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