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About Khamtara Village

Khamtara is a mid sized village in Murwara tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 923, made up of 467 males and 456 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 489.82 hectares hectares.

Khamtara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khamtara village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Katni
Tehsil Murwara
Area (hectares) 489.82 hectares
Population 923
Male Population 467
Female Population 456
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 976
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Khamtara compares

By the 2011 count Khamtara is the 59th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,275 residents. Its 489.82 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Khamtara

Khamtara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khamtara 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khamtara from other places

Khamtara lies about 9.3 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Patwara, about 6.4 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 Khamtara
Nearest railway station Patwara 6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Murwara 9.3 km
District headquarters Katni 9.3 km
Nearest town Murwāra 9.3 km

Villages closest to Khamtara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khamtara village had a population of 923. That makes it the 59th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,275 residents.

Khamtara village has 467 males and 456 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khamtara has about 976 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 954.

Khamtara covers 489.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khamtara falls under Murwara tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khamtara is Patwara, about 6.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khamtara.

Khamtara is about 9.3 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khamtara is in Murwara tehsil of Katni district. Patwara is about 6.4 km away. Murwara is about 9.3 km away. Katni is about 9.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Madai (under 2 km), Deora Khurd (under 2 km) and Piparhata (3.1 km).

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

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