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About Khudawal Village

Khudawal is a small village in Bahoriband tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 201, made up of 95 males and 106 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,116 females per 1000 males. The village covers 279.36 hectares hectares.

Khudawal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khudawal village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Katni
Tehsil Bahoriband
Area (hectares) 279.36 hectares
Population 201
Male Population 95
Female Population 106
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,116
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khudawal compares

By the 2011 count Khudawal is the 147th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents. Its 279.36 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 964.

Getting to Khudawal

Khudawal is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Khudawal as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khudawal from other places

Khudawal lies about 48 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Sihora Road, about 5.5 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 Khudawal
Nearest town Sihorā 3.2 km
Nearest railway station Sihora Road 5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Bahoriband 18 km
District headquarters Katni 48 km

Villages closest to Khudawal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khudawal village had a population of 201. That makes it the 147th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents.

Khudawal village has 95 males and 106 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khudawal has about 1116 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 964.

Khudawal covers 279.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khudawal falls under Bahoriband tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khudawal is Sihora Road, about 5.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khudawal.

Khudawal is about 48 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khudawal is in Bahoriband tehsil of Katni district. Sihorā is about 3.2 km away. Sihora Road is about 5.5 km away. Bahoriband 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 Gauraha (4.5 km), Dugariya (8.0 km) and Muhatara (9.2 km).

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

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