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About Khapa Village

Khapa is a mid sized village in Dhanora tehsil, in the district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 658, made up of 322 males and 336 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 523.95 hectares hectares.

Khapa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khapa village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Seoni
Tehsil Dhanora
Area (hectares) 523.95 hectares
Population 658
Male Population 322
Female Population 336
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,043
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khapa compares

By the 2011 count Khapa is the 48th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 754 residents. Its 523.95 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Khapa

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

Khapa lies about 72 km from Seoni, and the nearest railway station is Karapgaon, about 44 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 Khapa
Tehsil headquarters Dhanora 9.2 km
Nearest town Kareli 44 km
Nearest railway station Karapgaon 44 km
District headquarters Seoni 72 km

Villages closest to Khapa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khapa village had a population of 658. That makes it the 48th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 754 residents.

Khapa village has 322 males and 336 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khapa has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

Khapa covers 523.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khapa falls under Dhanora tehsil of Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khapa is Karapgaon, about 44 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Khapa.

Khapa is about 72 km from Seoni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khapa is in Dhanora tehsil of Seoni district. Dhanora is about 9.2 km away. Kareli is about 44 km away. Karapgaon is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jamunpani (2.0 km), Khairi (3.4 km) and Ramkhairi (3.4 km).

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

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