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About Khapa Village

Khapa is a mid sized village in Sohagpur tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 607, made up of 323 males and 284 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43 hectares hectares.

Khapa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khapa village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Hoshangabad
Tehsil Sohagpur
Area (hectares) 43 hectares
Population 607
Male Population 323
Female Population 284
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 879
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 Khapa compares

By the 2011 count Khapa is the 73rd largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 783 residents. Its 43 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Khapa

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

Khapa lies about 40 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Bagratawa, about 10 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 Khapa
Nearest railway station Bagratawa 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Sohagpur 18 km
Nearest town Sohāgpur 18 km
District headquarters Hoshangabad 40 km

Villages closest to Khapa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khapa village had a population of 607. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 783 residents.

Khapa village has 323 males and 284 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khapa has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 904.

Khapa covers 43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khapa falls under Sohagpur tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khapa is Bagratawa, about 10 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 Khapa.

Khapa is about 40 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khapa is in Sohagpur tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Bagratawa is about 10 km away. Sohagpur is about 18 km away. Sohāgpur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dunda Khapa (under 2 km), Rital Khapa (under 2 km) and Kharpawad (under 2 km).

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

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