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About Baniya Khedi Village

Baniya Khedi is a mid sized village in Gairatganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 739, made up of 366 males and 373 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 308.25 hectares hectares.

Baniya Khedi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baniya Khedi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Raisen
Tehsil Gairatganj
Area (hectares) 308.25 hectares
Population 739
Male Population 366
Female Population 373
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,019
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Baniya Khedi compares

By the 2011 count Baniya Khedi is the 41st largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 655 residents. Its 308.25 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 892.

Getting to Baniya Khedi

Baniya Khedi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Baniya Khedi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Baniya Khedi from other places

Baniya Khedi lies about 27 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Vidisha, about 30 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 Baniya Khedi
Tehsil headquarters Gairatganj 19 km
District headquarters Raisen 27 km
Nearest railway station Vidisha 30 km

Villages closest to Baniya Khedi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Baniya Khedi village had a population of 739. That makes it the 41st largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 655 residents.

Baniya Khedi village has 366 males and 373 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baniya Khedi has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 892.

Baniya Khedi covers 308.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Baniya Khedi falls under Gairatganj tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Baniya Khedi is Vidisha, about 30 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 5 - 10 km distance for Baniya Khedi.

Baniya Khedi is about 27 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baniya Khedi is in Gairatganj tehsil of Raisen district. Gairatganj is about 19 km away. Raisen is about 27 km away. Vidisha is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sultanpur (under 2 km), Dhaniya Khedi (under 2 km) and Maheshri (2.0 km).

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

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