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About Khairkhed Village

Khairkhed is a mid sized village in Akot tehsil, in the district of Akola, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,043, made up of 513 males and 530 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 345.54 hectares hectares.

Khairkhed Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khairkhed village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Akola
Tehsil Akot
Area (hectares) 345.54 hectares
Population 1,043
Male Population 513
Female Population 530
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,033
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khairkhed compares

By the 2011 count Khairkhed is the 49th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,107 residents. Its 345.54 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Khairkhed

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

Khairkhed lies about 51 km from Akola, and the nearest railway station is Adgaon Buzurg, about 4.5 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 Khairkhed
Nearest railway station Adgaon Buzurg 4.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Akot 15 km
District headquarters Akola 51 km

Villages closest to Khairkhed

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khairkhed village had a population of 1,043. That makes it the 49th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,107 residents.

Khairkhed village has 513 males and 530 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khairkhed has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 958.

Khairkhed covers 345.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khairkhed falls under Akot tehsil of Akola district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Khairkhed is Adgaon Buzurg, about 4.5 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khairkhed.

Khairkhed is about 51 km from Akola in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khairkhed is in Akot tehsil of Akola district. Adgaon Buzurg is about 4.5 km away. Akot is about 15 km away. Akola is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Edlapur (1.9 km), Chorwad Bk (3.3 km) and Chorwad Kh (3.3 km).

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

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