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About Khanji Village

Khanji is a mid sized village in Warora tehsil, in the district of Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,353, made up of 703 males and 650 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 688.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 442914, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanji village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Chandrapur
Tehsil Warora
Pincode 442914
Area (hectares) 688.94 hectares
Population 1,353
Male Population 703
Female Population 650
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 925
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Khanji compares

By the 2011 count Khanji is the 23rd largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 852 residents. Its 688.94 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Khanji

Khanji is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Khanji 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khanji from other places

Khanji lies about 44 km from Chandrapur, and the nearest railway station is Warora, about under 2 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 Khanji
Nearest railway station Warora under 2 km
District headquarters Chandrapur 44 km

Villages closest to Khanji

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanji village had a population of 1,353. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 852 residents.

Khanji village has 703 males and 650 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanji has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 944.

The pincode recorded for Khanji is 442914. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanji covers 688.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khanji falls under Warora tehsil of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Khanji is Warora, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khanji.

Khanji is about 44 km from Chandrapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanji is in Warora tehsil of Chandrapur district. Warora is about under 2 km away. Chandrapur is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Anandvan (under 2 km), Chinora (1.8 km) and Borda (2.3 km).

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

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