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About Kinkhed Village

Kinkhed is a mid sized village in Barshitakli tehsil, in the district of Akola, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 502, made up of 249 males and 253 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 419.85 hectares hectares.

Kinkhed Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kinkhed village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Akola
Tehsil Barshitakli
Area (hectares) 419.85 hectares
Population 502
Male Population 249
Female Population 253
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,016
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kinkhed compares

By the 2011 count Kinkhed is the 88th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 419.85 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Kinkhed

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

Kinkhed lies about 19 km from Akola, and the nearest railway station is Gandhi Smrak Road, 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 Kinkhed
Nearest railway station Gandhi Smrak Road under 2 km
Nearest town Umbri 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Barshitakli 19 km
District headquarters Akola 19 km

Villages closest to Kinkhed

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kinkhed village had a population of 502. That makes it the 88th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Kinkhed village has 249 males and 253 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kinkhed has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 932.

Kinkhed covers 419.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kinkhed falls under Barshitakli tehsil of Akola district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Kinkhed is Gandhi Smrak Road, about under 2 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 Kinkhed.

Kinkhed is about 19 km from Akola in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kinkhed is in Barshitakli tehsil of Akola district. Gandhi Smrak Road is about under 2 km away. Umbri is about 18 km away. Barshitakli is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Wai (4.9 km), Sevanagar (8.8 km) and Khambora (9.6 km).

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

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