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About Khand Village

Khand is a mid sized village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 640, made up of 327 males and 313 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 388.73 hectares hectares.

Khand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khand village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Sagar
Area (hectares) 388.73 hectares
Population 640
Male Population 327
Female Population 313
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 957
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 Khand compares

By the 2011 count Khand is the 204th largest of the 342 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents. Its 388.73 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 884.

Getting to Khand

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

Khand lies about 20 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Girwar, about 11 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 Khand
Nearest railway station Girwar 11 km
Nearest town Makronia 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Sagar 20 km

Villages closest to Khand

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khand village had a population of 640. That makes it the 204th largest of the 342 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents.

Khand village has 327 males and 313 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khand has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 884.

Khand covers 388.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khand falls under Sagar tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khand is Girwar, about 11 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 Khand.

Khand is about 20 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khand is in Sagar tehsil of Sagar district. Girwar is about 11 km away. Makronia is about 15 km away. Sagar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Piprai (under 2 km), Hilgan (2.2 km) and Ghatampur (2.8 km).

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

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