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About Kajana Village

Kajana is a mid sized village in Nandgaon Khandeshwar tehsil, in the district of Amravati, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,584, made up of 838 males and 746 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 437.98 hectares hectares.

Kajana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kajana village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Amravati
Tehsil Nandgaon Khandeshwar
Area (hectares) 437.98 hectares
Population 1,584
Male Population 838
Female Population 746
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 890
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kajana compares

By the 2011 count Kajana is the 19th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 998 residents. Its 437.98 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Kajana

Kajana is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kajana 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kajana from other places

Kajana lies about 31 km from Amravati, and the nearest railway station is Kuram, about 18 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 Kajana
Nearest railway station Kuram 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Nandgaon Khandeshwar 18 km
Nearest town Kāranja 27 km
District headquarters Amravati 31 km

Villages closest to Kajana

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nandgaon Khandeshwar 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 Kajana

As per the Census of India 2011, Kajana village had a population of 1,584. That makes it the 19th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 998 residents.

Kajana village has 838 males and 746 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kajana has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

Kajana covers 437.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kajana falls under Nandgaon Khandeshwar tehsil of Amravati district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Kajana is Kuram, about 18 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kajana.

Kajana is about 31 km from Amravati in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kajana is in Nandgaon Khandeshwar tehsil of Amravati district. Kuram is about 18 km away. Nandgaon Khandeshwar is about 18 km away. Kāranja 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 Rajana (under 2 km), Sukhli Gurav (under 2 km) and Kovhala Jateshwar (2.1 km).

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

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