About Khurjan Village

Khurjan is a mid sized village in Vijaypur tehsil, in the district of Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 879, made up of 473 males and 406 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 858 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1065 hectares hectares.

Khurjan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khurjan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Sheopur
Tehsil	Vijaypur
Area (hectares)	1065 hectares
Population	879
Male Population	473
Female Population	406
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	858
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khurjan compares

By the 2011 count Khurjan is the 46th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents. Its 1065 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 846.

Getting to Khurjan

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

Khurjan lies about 102 km from Sheopur, and the nearest railway station is Mohana, about 17 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 Khurjan
Nearest railway station	Mohana	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Vijaypur	27 km
Nearest town	Kailāras	34 km
District headquarters	Sheopur	102 km

Villages closest to Khurjan

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.

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Common questions about Khurjan

As per the Census of India 2011, Khurjan village had a population of 879. That makes it the 46th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents.

Khurjan village has 473 males and 406 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khurjan has about 858 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 846.

Khurjan covers 1065 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Khurjan is Mohana, about 17 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 Khurjan.

Khurjan is about 102 km from Sheopur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khurjan is in Vijaypur tehsil of Sheopur district. Mohana is about 17 km away. Vijaypur is about 27 km away. Kailāras is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.