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About Khokhwa Village

Khokhwa is a large village in Chitrangi tehsil, in the district of Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,710, made up of 1,398 males and 1,312 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1041.2 hectares hectares.

Khokhwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khokhwa village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Singrauli
Tehsil Chitrangi
Area (hectares) 1041.2 hectares
Population 2,710
Male Population 1,398
Female Population 1,312
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 938
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khokhwa compares

By the 2011 count Khokhwa is the 17th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents. Its 1041.2 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Khokhwa

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

Khokhwa lies about 23 km from Singrauli, and the nearest railway station is Karaila Road Junction, about 19 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 Khokhwa
Tehsil headquarters Chitrangi 11 km
Nearest railway station Karaila Road Junction 19 km
District headquarters Singrauli 23 km

Villages closest to Khokhwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khokhwa village had a population of 2,710. That makes it the 17th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents.

Khokhwa village has 1,398 males and 1,312 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khokhwa has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 939.

Khokhwa covers 1041.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khokhwa falls under Chitrangi tehsil of Singrauli district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khokhwa is Karaila Road Junction, about 19 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 Khokhwa.

Khokhwa is about 23 km from Singrauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khokhwa is in Chitrangi tehsil of Singrauli district. Chitrangi is about 11 km away. Karaila Road Junction is about 19 km away. Singrauli is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Matihani (under 2 km), Sulkhan Kalan (1.8 km) and Sulkhan Khurd (1.8 km).

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

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