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About Khand Village

Khand is a mid sized village in Sohagpur tehsil, in the district of Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,779, made up of 857 males and 922 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,076 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1448.11 hectares hectares.

Khand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khand village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shahdol
Tehsil Sohagpur
Area (hectares) 1448.11 hectares
Population 1,779
Male Population 857
Female Population 922
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,076
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khand compares

By the 2011 count Khand is the 41st largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,056 residents. Its 1448.11 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 986.

Getting to Khand

Khand is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khand as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Khairbana, Khairha, Khamha and Khamhariya Kalan. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 1,779. That makes it the 41st largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,056 residents.

Khand village has 857 males and 922 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khand has about 1076 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

Khand covers 1448.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khand falls under Sohagpur tehsil of Shahdol district in Madhya Pradesh.

The census record for Khand notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khand.

Khand is in Sohagpur tehsil of Shahdol district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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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