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About Khidiya Village

Khidiya is a mid sized village in Babai tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,076, made up of 565 males and 511 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 904 females per 1000 males. The village covers 365.41 hectares hectares.

Khidiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khidiya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Hoshangabad
Tehsil Babai
Area (hectares) 365.41 hectares
Population 1,076
Male Population 565
Female Population 511
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 904
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khidiya compares

By the 2011 count Khidiya is the 39th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents. Its 365.41 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Khidiya

Khidiya is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khidiya as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Khidiya from other places

Khidiya lies about 32 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Barkhera, about 32 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 Khidiya
Tehsil headquarters Babai 27 km
Nearest town Bareli 28 km
Nearest railway station Barkhera 32 km
District headquarters Hoshangabad 32 km

Villages closest to Khidiya

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 Khidiya

As per the Census of India 2011, Khidiya village had a population of 1,076. That makes it the 39th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents.

Khidiya village has 565 males and 511 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khidiya has about 904 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 915.

Khidiya covers 365.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khidiya falls under Babai tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khidiya is Barkhera, about 32 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 5 - 10 km distance for Khidiya.

Khidiya is about 32 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khidiya is in Babai tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Babai is about 27 km away. Bareli is about 28 km away. Barkhera is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mudiya Kheda (10 km), Budhni (13 km) and Bankhedi (13 km).

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

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