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About Khedi Village

Khedi is a mid sized village in Sawali tehsil, in the district of Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,563, made up of 766 males and 797 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,040 females per 1000 males. The village covers 481.74 hectares hectares.

Khedi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khedi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Chandrapur
Tehsil Sawali
Area (hectares) 481.74 hectares
Population 1,563
Male Population 766
Female Population 797
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,040
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khedi compares

By the 2011 count Khedi is the 22nd largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,148 residents. Its 481.74 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Khedi

Khedi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khedi 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khedi from other places

Khedi lies about 135 km from Chandrapur, and the nearest railway station is Ambari(Deccan), about 20 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 Khedi
Nearest railway station Ambari(Deccan) 20 km
Nearest town Kinwat 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Sawali 27 km
District headquarters Chandrapur 135 km

Villages closest to Khedi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khedi village had a population of 1,563. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,148 residents.

Khedi village has 766 males and 797 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khedi has about 1040 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 991.

Khedi covers 481.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khedi falls under Sawali tehsil of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Khedi is Ambari(Deccan), about 20 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khedi.

Khedi is about 135 km from Chandrapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khedi is in Sawali tehsil of Chandrapur district. Ambari(Deccan) is about 20 km away. Kinwat is about 21 km away. Sawali is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sirsimal (9.9 km), Donala (10 km) and Meha Bk (14 km).

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

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