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About Khurdwara Village

Khurdwara is a small village in Vijaypur tehsil, in the district of Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 478, made up of 251 males and 227 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 904 females per 1000 males. The village covers 205 hectares hectares.

Khurdwara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khurdwara village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sheopur
Tehsil Vijaypur
Area (hectares) 205 hectares
Population 478
Male Population 251
Female Population 227
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 904
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khurdwara compares

By the 2011 count Khurdwara is the 76th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents. Its 205 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 846.

Getting to Khurdwara

Khurdwara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khurdwara 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khurdwara from other places

Khurdwara lies about 82 km from Sheopur, and the nearest railway station is Bijaipur Road, about 16 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 Khurdwara
Tehsil headquarters Vijaypur 2.3 km
Nearest railway station Bijaipur Road 16 km
Nearest town Sabalgarh 20 km
District headquarters Sheopur 82 km

Villages closest to Khurdwara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khurdwara village had a population of 478. That makes it the 76th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents.

Khurdwara village has 251 males and 227 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khurdwara has about 904 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 846.

Khurdwara covers 205 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khurdwara falls under Vijaypur tehsil of Sheopur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khurdwara is Bijaipur Road, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Khurdwara.

Khurdwara is about 82 km from Sheopur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khurdwara is in Vijaypur tehsil of Sheopur district. Vijaypur is about 2.3 km away. Bijaipur Road is about 16 km away. Sabalgarh is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sunwai (1.9 km), Bhainsai (2.4 km) and Bardula (2.7 km).

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

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