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About Andhai Village

Andhai is a mid sized village in Chikhli tehsil, in the district of Buldana, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 600, made up of 320 males and 280 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 445.83 hectares hectares.

Andhai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Andhai village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Buldana
Tehsil Chikhli
Area (hectares) 445.83 hectares
Population 600
Male Population 320
Female Population 280
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 875
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Andhai compares

By the 2011 count Andhai is the 113th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,711 residents. Its 445.83 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 932.

Getting to Andhai

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

How far is Andhai from other places

Andhai lies about 19 km from Buldana, and the nearest railway station is Khamgaon, about 42 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 Andhai
Tehsil headquarters Chikhli 8.9 km
District headquarters Buldana 19 km
Nearest railway station Khamgaon 42 km

Villages closest to Andhai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Andhai village had a population of 600. That makes it the 113th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,711 residents.

Andhai village has 320 males and 280 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Andhai has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Andhai covers 445.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Andhai falls under Chikhli tehsil of Buldana district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Andhai is Khamgaon, about 42 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 <5 km distance for Andhai.

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

Andhai is in Chikhli tehsil of Buldana district. Chikhli is about 8.9 km away. Buldana is about 19 km away. Khamgaon is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shelsur (2.7 km), Sawna (2.7 km) and Dhotra Bhangoji (3.0 km).

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

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