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About Khadi Village

Khadi is a large village in Ashta tehsil, in the district of Sehore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,778, made up of 1,988 males and 1,790 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1361.11 hectares hectares.

Khadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khadi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sehore
Tehsil Ashta
Area (hectares) 1361.11 hectares
Population 3,778
Male Population 1,988
Female Population 1,790
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 900
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khadi compares

By the 2011 count Khadi is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,025 residents. Its 1361.11 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 914.

Getting to Khadi

Khadi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khadi as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Khadi from other places

Khadi lies about 48 km from Sehore, and the nearest railway station is Chakrod, about 37 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 Khadi
Tehsil headquarters Ashta 8.9 km
Nearest railway station Chakrod 37 km
District headquarters Sehore 48 km

Villages closest to Khadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khadi village had a population of 3,778. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,025 residents.

Khadi village has 1,988 males and 1,790 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khadi has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 914.

Khadi covers 1361.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khadi falls under Ashta tehsil of Sehore district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khadi is Chakrod, about 37 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 village for Khadi.

Khadi is about 48 km from Sehore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khadi is in Ashta tehsil of Sehore district. Ashta is about 8.9 km away. Chakrod is about 37 km away. Sehore is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Channotha (2.1 km), Gopalpur (2.8 km) and Duka (2.9 km).

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

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