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About Khurd Village

Khurd is a mid sized village in Banda tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 619, made up of 343 males and 276 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 805 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1074.97 hectares hectares.

Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khurd village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Banda
Area (hectares) 1074.97 hectares
Population 619
Male Population 343
Female Population 276
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 805
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Khurd is the 95th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,047 residents. Its 1074.97 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 893.

Getting to Khurd

Khurd is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khurd as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khurd from other places

Khurd lies about 35 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Ganeshganj, about 5.6 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 Khurd
Nearest railway station Ganeshganj 5.6 km
Nearest town Patharia 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Banda 15 km
District headquarters Sagar 35 km

Villages closest to Khurd

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khurd village had a population of 619. That makes it the 95th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,047 residents.

Khurd village has 343 males and 276 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khurd has about 805 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 893.

Khurd covers 1074.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khurd falls under Banda tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khurd is Ganeshganj, about 5.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khurd.

Khurd is about 35 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khurd is in Banda tehsil of Sagar district. Ganeshganj is about 5.6 km away. Patharia is about 14 km away. Banda is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hata Khurd (under 2 km), Majhguwan (2.4 km) and Naharmau (3.0 km).

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

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