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About Khod Village

Khod is a small village in Bankhedi tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 27, made up of 13 males and 14 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,077 females per 1000 males. The village covers 363.9 hectares hectares.

Khod Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khod village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Hoshangabad
Tehsil Bankhedi
Area (hectares) 363.9 hectares
Population 27
Male Population 13
Female Population 14
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,077
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 Khod compares

By the 2011 count Khod is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,026 residents. Its 363.9 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Khod

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

Khod lies about 30 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Barkhera, about 16 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
Nearest railway station Barkhera 16 km
Nearest town Ubaidullāhganj 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Bankhedi 30 km
District headquarters Hoshangabad 30 km

Villages closest to Khod

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bankhedi 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 27. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,026 residents.

Khod village has 13 males and 14 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khod has about 1077 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 929.

Khod covers 363.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khod falls under Bankhedi tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khod is Barkhera, about 16 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 Khod.

Khod is about 30 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khod is in Bankhedi tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Barkhera is about 16 km away. Ubaidullāhganj is about 18 km away. Bankhedi is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dungariya (15 km), Samnapur (16 km) and Machhera Khurd (17 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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