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About Khandala Village

Khandala is a mid sized village in Mehkar tehsil, in the district of Buldana, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,851, made up of 979 males and 872 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 627.53 hectares hectares.

Khandala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khandala village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Buldana
Tehsil Mehkar
Area (hectares) 627.53 hectares
Population 1,851
Male Population 979
Female Population 872
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 891
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khandala compares

By the 2011 count Khandala is the 33rd largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents. Its 627.53 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 932.

Getting to Khandala

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

Khandala lies about 60 km from Buldana, and the nearest railway station is Jaulka, about 51 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 Khandala
Tehsil headquarters Mehkar 4.3 km
Nearest railway station Jaulka 51 km
District headquarters Buldana 60 km

Villages closest to Khandala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khandala village had a population of 1,851. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents.

Khandala village has 979 males and 872 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khandala has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Khandala covers 627.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khandala falls under Mehkar tehsil of Buldana district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Khandala is Jaulka, about 51 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 Khandala.

Khandala is about 60 km from Buldana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khandala is in Mehkar tehsil of Buldana district. Mehkar is about 4.3 km away. Jaulka is about 51 km away. Buldana is about 60 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khanapur (under 2 km), Jamgaon (1.7 km) and Khamkhed (2.4 km).

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

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