About Khanda Village

Khanda is a mid sized village in Jaitpur tehsil, in the district of Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,446, made up of 729 males and 717 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 610.87 hectares hectares.

Khanda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanda village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shahdol
Tehsil	Jaitpur
Area (hectares)	610.87 hectares
Population	1,446
Male Population	729
Female Population	717
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	984
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khanda compares

By the 2011 count Khanda is the 32nd largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 879 residents. Its 610.87 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Khanda

Khanda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khanda as Available within 10+ 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 Khanda from other places

Khanda lies about 95 km from Shahdol, and the nearest railway station is Mandla Fort, about 53 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 Khanda
Tehsil headquarters	Jaitpur	23 km
Nearest town	Mandlā	51 km
Nearest railway station	Mandla Fort	53 km
District headquarters	Shahdol	95 km

Villages closest to Khanda

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

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Common questions about Khanda

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanda village had a population of 1,446. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 879 residents.

Khanda village has 729 males and 717 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanda has about 984 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1020.

Khanda covers 610.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khanda falls under Jaitpur tehsil of Shahdol district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khanda is Mandla Fort, about 53 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khanda.

Khanda is about 95 km from Shahdol in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanda is in Jaitpur tehsil of Shahdol district. Jaitpur is about 23 km away. Mandlā is about 51 km away. Mandla Fort is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.