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About Khapa Village

Khapa is a mid sized village in Hingna tehsil, in the district of Nagpur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,128, made up of 650 males and 478 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 735 females per 1000 males. The village covers 218.58 hectares hectares.

Khapa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khapa village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Nagpur
Tehsil Hingna
Area (hectares) 218.58 hectares
Population 1,128
Male Population 650
Female Population 478
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 735
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khapa compares

By the 2011 count Khapa is the 22nd largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 996 residents. Its 218.58 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 886.

Getting to Khapa

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

How far is Khapa from other places

Khapa lies about 29 km from Nagpur, and the nearest railway station is Buti Bori, about 6.3 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 Khapa
Nearest railway station Buti Bori 6.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Hingna 17 km
Nearest town Wānādongri 20 km
District headquarters Nagpur 29 km

Villages closest to Khapa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khapa village had a population of 1,128. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 996 residents.

Khapa village has 650 males and 478 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khapa has about 735 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 886.

Khapa covers 218.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khapa falls under Hingna tehsil of Nagpur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Khapa is Buti Bori, about 6.3 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 10+ km distance for Khapa.

Khapa is about 29 km from Nagpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khapa is in Hingna tehsil of Nagpur district. Buti Bori is about 6.3 km away. Hingna is about 17 km away. Wānādongri is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khapa Kh (under 2 km), Khapa Nipani (under 2 km) and Khorikhapa (under 2 km).

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

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