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About Khandwa Village

Khandwa is a mid sized village in Motala tehsil, in the district of Buldana, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 941, made up of 481 males and 460 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 956 females per 1000 males. The village covers 724 hectares hectares.

Khandwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khandwa village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Buldana
Tehsil Motala
Area (hectares) 724 hectares
Population 941
Male Population 481
Female Population 460
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 956
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khandwa compares

By the 2011 count Khandwa is the 63rd largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,537 residents. Its 724 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Khandwa

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

Khandwa lies about 19 km from Buldana, and the nearest railway station is Kolhadi, about 30 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 Khandwa
Tehsil headquarters Motala 18 km
District headquarters Buldana 19 km
Nearest town Buldāna 19 km
Nearest railway station Kolhadi 30 km

Villages closest to Khandwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khandwa village had a population of 941. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,537 residents.

Khandwa village has 481 males and 460 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khandwa has about 956 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 930.

Khandwa covers 724 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.

Khandwa falls under Motala tehsil of Buldana district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Khandwa is Kolhadi, about 30 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 Khandwa.

Khandwa 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.

Khandwa is in Motala tehsil of Buldana district. Motala is about 18 km away. Buldana is about 19 km away. Buldāna is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Panhera Khedi (2.7 km), Bamhanda (2.7 km) and Korhala (3.2 km).

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

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