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About Gawat Khedi Village

Gawat Khedi is a small village in Bhikangaon tehsil, in the district of Khargone, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 464, made up of 230 males and 234 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 222.73 hectares hectares.

Gawat Khedi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gawat Khedi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Khargone
Tehsil Bhikangaon
Area (hectares) 222.73 hectares
Population 464
Male Population 230
Female Population 234
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,017
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gawat Khedi compares

By the 2011 count Gawat Khedi is the 107th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,358 residents. Its 222.73 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 978.

Getting to Gawat Khedi

Gawat Khedi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gawat Khedi as Available within 5 - 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 Gawat Khedi from other places

Gawat Khedi lies about 6.3 km from Khargone, and the nearest railway station is Sanawad, about 56 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 Gawat Khedi
District headquarters Khargone 6.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhikangaon 30 km
Nearest railway station Sanawad 56 km

Villages closest to Gawat Khedi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhikangaon 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 Gawat Khedi

As per the Census of India 2011, Gawat Khedi village had a population of 464. That makes it the 107th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,358 residents.

Gawat Khedi village has 230 males and 234 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gawat Khedi has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 978.

Gawat Khedi covers 222.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gawat Khedi falls under Bhikangaon tehsil of Khargone district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gawat Khedi is Sanawad, about 56 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gawat Khedi.

Gawat Khedi is about 6.3 km from Khargone in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gawat Khedi is in Bhikangaon tehsil of Khargone district. Khargone is about 6.3 km away. Bhikangaon is about 30 km away. Sanawad is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mehtya Khedi (under 2 km), Nuriya Khedi (under 2 km) and Dongargaon (6.6 km).

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

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