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About Khandala Village

Khandala is a small village in Chimur tehsil, in the district of Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 311, made up of 157 males and 154 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 981 females per 1000 males. The village covers 79.02 hectares hectares.

Khandala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khandala village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Chandrapur
Tehsil Chimur
Area (hectares) 79.02 hectares
Population 311
Male Population 157
Female Population 154
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 981
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khandala compares

By the 2011 count Khandala is the 123rd largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,013 residents. Its 79.02 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Khandala

Khandala is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khandala as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 66 km from Chandrapur, and the nearest railway station is Umred, about 36 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 Chimur 16 km
Nearest railway station Umred 36 km
District headquarters Chandrapur 66 km

Villages closest to Khandala

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chimur 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 311. That makes it the 123rd largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,013 residents.

Khandala village has 157 males and 154 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khandala has about 981 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 964.

Khandala covers 79.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khandala falls under Chimur tehsil of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Khandala is Umred, about 36 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khandala.

Khandala is about 66 km from Chandrapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khandala is in Chimur tehsil of Chandrapur district. Chimur is about 16 km away. Umred is about 36 km away. Chandrapur is about 66 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jambhulbodi (under 2 km), Kasarbodi (1.6 km) and Kesalabodi (2.7 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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