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About Khalwara Village

Khalwara is a mid sized village in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,335, made up of 686 males and 649 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 689.29 hectares hectares.

Khalwara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khalwara village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Katni
Tehsil Vijayraghavgarh
Area (hectares) 689.29 hectares
Population 1,335
Male Population 686
Female Population 649
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 946
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khalwara compares

By the 2011 count Khalwara is the 51st largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents. Its 689.29 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Khalwara

Khalwara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khalwara as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Khalwara from other places

Khalwara lies about 31 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Amdara, about 7.5 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 Khalwara
Tehsil headquarters Vijayraghavgarh 4.9 km
Nearest railway station Amdara 7.5 km
Nearest town Maihar 29 km
District headquarters Katni 31 km

Villages closest to Khalwara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khalwara village had a population of 1,335. That makes it the 51st largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents.

Khalwara village has 686 males and 649 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khalwara has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 955.

Khalwara covers 689.29 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.

Khalwara falls under Vijayraghavgarh tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khalwara is Amdara, about 7.5 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khalwara.

Khalwara is about 31 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khalwara is in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil of Katni district. Vijayraghavgarh is about 4.9 km away. Amdara is about 7.5 km away. Maihar is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ubara (1.6 km), Deori Majhgawan (2.0 km) and Khirwa (2.8 km).

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

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