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About Khunt Village

Khunt is a large village in Barghat tehsil, in the district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,719, made up of 1,330 males and 1,389 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,044 females per 1000 males. The village covers 530.59 hectares hectares.

Khunt Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khunt village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Seoni
Tehsil Barghat
Area (hectares) 530.59 hectares
Population 2,719
Male Population 1,330
Female Population 1,389
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,044
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khunt compares

By the 2011 count Khunt is the 10th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,370 residents. Its 530.59 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Khunt

Khunt is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khunt 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 Khunt from other places

Khunt lies about 18 km from Seoni, and the nearest railway station is Bhoma, about 15 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 Khunt
Tehsil headquarters Barghat 2.2 km
Nearest railway station Bhoma 15 km
District headquarters Seoni 18 km

Villages closest to Khunt

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khunt village had a population of 2,719. That makes it the 10th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,370 residents.

Khunt village has 1,330 males and 1,389 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khunt has about 1044 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1017.

Khunt covers 530.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khunt falls under Barghat tehsil of Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khunt is Bhoma, about 15 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 Khunt.

Khunt is about 18 km from Seoni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khunt is in Barghat tehsil of Seoni district. Barghat is about 2.2 km away. Bhoma is about 15 km away. Seoni is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Salhe Kalan (2.5 km), Magar Katha (2.7 km) and Luhara (2.8 km).

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

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