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About Khankhai Village

Khankhai is a small village in Sailana tehsil, in the district of Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 436, made up of 211 males and 225 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,066 females per 1000 males. The village covers 83.02 hectares hectares.

Khankhai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khankhai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ratlam
Tehsil Sailana
Area (hectares) 83.02 hectares
Population 436
Male Population 211
Female Population 225
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,066
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 Khankhai compares

By the 2011 count Khankhai is the 97th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 509 residents. Its 83.02 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Khankhai

Khankhai is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khankhai 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 Khankhai from other places

Khankhai lies about 29 km from Ratlam, and the nearest railway station is Namli, about 26 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 Khankhai
Tehsil headquarters Sailana 11 km
Nearest railway station Namli 26 km
District headquarters Ratlam 29 km
Nearest town Ratlām 29 km

Villages closest to Khankhai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khankhai village had a population of 436. That makes it the 97th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 509 residents.

Khankhai village has 211 males and 225 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khankhai has about 1066 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1000.

Khankhai covers 83.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khankhai falls under Sailana tehsil of Ratlam district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khankhai is Namli, about 26 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 Khankhai.

Khankhai is about 29 km from Ratlam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khankhai is in Sailana tehsil of Ratlam district. Sailana is about 11 km away. Namli is about 26 km away. Ratlam 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 Vanpura (under 2 km), Under (under 2 km) and Salwaniya (1.5 km).

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

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