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About Khedgaon Village

Khedgaon is a mid sized village in Ambad tehsil, in the district of Jalna, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,109, made up of 585 males and 524 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 945 hectares hectares.

Khedgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khedgaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Jalna
Tehsil Ambad
Area (hectares) 945 hectares
Population 1,109
Male Population 585
Female Population 524
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 896
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khedgaon compares

By the 2011 count Khedgaon is the 82nd largest of the 137 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,636 residents. Its 945 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 942.

Getting to Khedgaon

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

Khedgaon lies about 24 km from Jalna, and the nearest railway station is Badnapur, about 16 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 Khedgaon
Nearest railway station Badnapur 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Ambad 17 km
District headquarters Jalna 24 km

Villages closest to Khedgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khedgaon village had a population of 1,109. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 137 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,636 residents.

Khedgaon village has 585 males and 524 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khedgaon has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Khedgaon covers 945 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khedgaon falls under Ambad tehsil of Jalna district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Khedgaon is Badnapur, about 16 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 Khedgaon.

Khedgaon is about 24 km from Jalna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khedgaon is in Ambad tehsil of Jalna district. Badnapur is about 16 km away. Ambad is about 17 km away. Jalna is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Deshgavhan (2.9 km), Chikangaon (2.9 km) and Kauchalwadi (3.1 km).

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

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