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About Khadka Village

Khadka is a mid sized village in Akola tehsil, in the district of Akola, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,055, made up of 533 males and 522 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 502.39 hectares hectares.

Khadka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khadka village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Akola
Tehsil Akola
Area (hectares) 502.39 hectares
Population 1,055
Male Population 533
Female Population 522
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 979
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khadka compares

By the 2011 count Khadka is the 68th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,274 residents. Its 502.39 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Khadka

Khadka is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Khadka as Available within village. 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khadka from other places

Khadka lies about 27 km from Akola, and the nearest railway station is Katepurna, about under 2 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 Khadka
Nearest railway station Katepurna under 2 km
Nearest town Murtajāpur 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Akola 27 km

Villages closest to Khadka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khadka village had a population of 1,055. That makes it the 68th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,274 residents.

Khadka village has 533 males and 522 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khadka has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 937.

Khadka covers 502.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khadka falls under Akola tehsil of Akola district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Khadka is Katepurna, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Khadka is about 27 km from Akola in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khadka is in Akola tehsil of Akola district. Katepurna is about under 2 km away. Murtajāpur is about 11 km away. Akola is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tankhed (under 2 km), Birsingpur (under 2 km) and Pailpada (3.5 km).

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

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