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About Khapat Village

Khapat is a small village in Dharangaon tehsil, in the district of Jalgaon, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 304, made up of 167 males and 137 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 820 females per 1000 males. The village covers 171 hectares hectares.

Khapat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khapat village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Jalgaon
Tehsil Dharangaon
Area (hectares) 171 hectares
Population 304
Male Population 167
Female Population 137
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 820
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khapat compares

By the 2011 count Khapat is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,569 residents. Its 171 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 914.

Getting to Khapat

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

Khapat lies about 19 km from Jalgaon, and the nearest railway station is Chavalkhede, about 4.7 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 Khapat
Nearest railway station Chavalkhede 4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Dharangaon 13 km
District headquarters Jalgaon 19 km

Villages closest to Khapat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khapat village had a population of 304. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,569 residents.

Khapat village has 167 males and 137 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khapat has about 820 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 914.

Khapat covers 171 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khapat falls under Dharangaon tehsil of Jalgaon district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Khapat is Chavalkhede, about 4.7 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 Khapat.

Khapat is about 19 km from Jalgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khapat is in Dharangaon tehsil of Jalgaon district. Chavalkhede is about 4.7 km away. Dharangaon is about 13 km away. Jalgaon 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 Vanjari Bk (under 2 km), Borkheda (under 2 km) and Zurkheda (1.6 km).

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

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