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About Kholkhed Village

Kholkhed is a mid sized village in Khamgaon tehsil, in the district of Buldana, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,147, made up of 600 males and 547 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 363.85 hectares hectares.

Kholkhed Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kholkhed village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Buldana
Tehsil Khamgaon
Area (hectares) 363.85 hectares
Population 1,147
Male Population 600
Female Population 547
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 912
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kholkhed compares

By the 2011 count Kholkhed is the 70th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,690 residents. Its 363.85 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 927.

Getting to Kholkhed

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

Kholkhed lies about 52 km from Buldana, and the nearest railway station is Jalamb Junction, about 7.1 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 Kholkhed
Nearest railway station Jalamb Junction 7.1 km
Nearest town Nāndūra 8.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Khamgaon 18 km
District headquarters Buldana 52 km

Villages closest to Kholkhed

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kholkhed village had a population of 1,147. That makes it the 70th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,690 residents.

Kholkhed village has 600 males and 547 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kholkhed has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 927.

Kholkhed covers 363.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kholkhed falls under Khamgaon tehsil of Buldana district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Kholkhed is Jalamb Junction, about 7.1 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 Kholkhed.

Kholkhed is about 52 km from Buldana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kholkhed is in Khamgaon tehsil of Buldana district. Jalamb Junction is about 7.1 km away. Nāndūra is about 8.0 km away. Khamgaon is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dondwada (1.6 km), Lanjud (6.2 km) and Amsari (7.8 km).

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

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