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About Kajal Khedi Village

Kajal Khedi is a large village in Babai tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,302, made up of 1,189 males and 1,113 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1115.9 hectares hectares.

Kajal Khedi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kajal Khedi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Hoshangabad
Tehsil Babai
Area (hectares) 1115.9 hectares
Population 2,302
Male Population 1,189
Female Population 1,113
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 936
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kajal Khedi compares

By the 2011 count Kajal Khedi is the 11th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents. Its 1115.9 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Kajal Khedi

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

How far is Kajal Khedi from other places

Kajal Khedi lies about 29 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Bagratawa, about 4.5 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 Kajal Khedi
Nearest railway station Bagratawa 4.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Babai 6.9 km
Nearest town Sohāgpur 21 km
District headquarters Hoshangabad 29 km

Villages closest to Kajal Khedi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Babai 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 Kajal Khedi

As per the Census of India 2011, Kajal Khedi village had a population of 2,302. That makes it the 11th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents.

Kajal Khedi village has 1,189 males and 1,113 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kajal Khedi has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 915.

Kajal Khedi covers 1115.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kajal Khedi falls under Babai tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kajal Khedi is Bagratawa, about 4.5 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kajal Khedi.

Kajal Khedi is about 29 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kajal Khedi is in Babai tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Bagratawa is about 4.5 km away. Babai is about 6.9 km away. Sohāgpur is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gujarwada (3.1 km), Budhwada (3.4 km) and Guradiyakhurd (3.6 km).

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

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