About Raipur Village

Raipur is a large village in Khalwa tehsil, in the district of Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,830, made up of 1,494 males and 1,336 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1596.77 hectares hectares.

Raipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Raipur village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Khandwa
Tehsil	Khalwa
Area (hectares)	1596.77 hectares
Population	2,830
Male Population	1,494
Female Population	1,336
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Raipur compares

By the 2011 count Raipur is the 9th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,509 residents. Its 1596.77 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Raipur

Raipur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Raipur as Available within 10+ 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 Raipur from other places

Raipur lies about 12 km from Khandwa, and the nearest railway station is Mordar, about 8.7 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 Raipur
Nearest railway station	Mordar	8.7 km
District headquarters	Khandwa	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Khalwa	28 km

Villages closest to Raipur

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

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Common questions about Raipur

As per the Census of India 2011, Raipur village had a population of 2,830. That makes it the 9th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,509 residents.

Raipur village has 1,494 males and 1,336 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Raipur has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Raipur covers 1596.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Raipur falls under Khalwa tehsil of Khandwa district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Raipur is Mordar, about 8.7 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 village for Raipur.

Raipur is about 12 km from Khandwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Raipur is in Khalwa tehsil of Khandwa district. Mordar is about 8.7 km away. Khandwa is about 12 km away. Khalwa is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.