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About Khamtara Village

Khamtara is a mid sized village in Ghughari tehsil, in the district of Mandla, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 757, made up of 374 males and 383 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 632.62 hectares hectares.

Khamtara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khamtara village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Mandla
Tehsil Ghughari
Area (hectares) 632.62 hectares
Population 757
Male Population 374
Female Population 383
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,024
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khamtara compares

By the 2011 count Khamtara is the 99th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 954 residents. Its 632.62 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1048.

Getting to Khamtara

Khamtara is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khamtara as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Khamtara from other places

Khamtara lies about 64 km from Mandla, and the nearest railway station is Devri P.H., about 6.2 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 Devri P.H. 6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Ghughari 28 km
Nearest town Gotegaon 41 km
District headquarters Mandla 64 km

Villages closest to Khamtara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ghughari 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 757. That makes it the 99th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 954 residents.

Khamtara village has 374 males and 383 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khamtara has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1048.

Khamtara covers 632.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khamtara falls under Ghughari tehsil of Mandla district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khamtara is Devri P.H., about 6.2 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 <5 km distance for Khamtara.

Khamtara is about 64 km from Mandla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khamtara is in Ghughari tehsil of Mandla district. Devri P.H. is about 6.2 km away. Ghughari is about 28 km away. Gotegaon is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhonkadeori (6.0 km), Deori (6.0 km) and Dhamanpani (6.4 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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