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About Kharda Village

Kharda is a small village in Dhamangaon Railway tehsil, in the district of Amravati, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 461, made up of 244 males and 217 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 392.85 hectares hectares.

Kharda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharda village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Amravati
Tehsil Dhamangaon Railway
Area (hectares) 392.85 hectares
Population 461
Male Population 244
Female Population 217
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 889
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kharda compares

By the 2011 count Kharda is the 73rd largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents. Its 392.85 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Kharda

Kharda 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 Kharda as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Kharda from other places

Kharda lies about 28 km from Amravati, and the nearest railway station is Chandur Bazar, about 4.4 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 Kharda
Nearest railway station Chandur Bazar 4.4 km
Nearest town Achalpur 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhamangaon Railway 28 km
District headquarters Amravati 28 km

Villages closest to Kharda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhamangaon Railway 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 Kharda

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharda village had a population of 461. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents.

Kharda village has 244 males and 217 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharda has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

Kharda covers 392.85 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.

Kharda falls under Dhamangaon Railway tehsil of Amravati district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Kharda is Chandur Bazar, about 4.4 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 km distance for Kharda.

Kharda is about 28 km from Amravati in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharda is in Dhamangaon Railway tehsil of Amravati district. Chandur Bazar is about 4.4 km away. Achalpur is about 24 km away. Dhamangaon Railway is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Parsodi (3.7 km), Barhanpur (5.4 km) and Haibatpur (6.2 km).

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

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