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About Khandgaon Village

Khandgaon is a mid sized village in Naigaon tehsil, in the district of Nanded, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,808, made up of 914 males and 894 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 980 hectares hectares.

Khandgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khandgaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Nanded
Tehsil Naigaon
Area (hectares) 980 hectares
Population 1,808
Male Population 914
Female Population 894
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 978
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khandgaon compares

By the 2011 count Khandgaon is the 37th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,114 residents. Its 980 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Khandgaon

Khandgaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khandgaon as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Khandgaon from other places

Khandgaon lies about 41 km from Nanded, and the nearest railway station is Umri, about 28 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 Khandgaon
Tehsil headquarters Naigaon 3.9 km
Nearest town Mukher 20 km
Nearest railway station Umri 28 km
District headquarters Nanded 41 km

Villages closest to Khandgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khandgaon village had a population of 1,808. That makes it the 37th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,114 residents.

Khandgaon village has 914 males and 894 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khandgaon has about 978 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 948.

Khandgaon covers 980 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.

Khandgaon falls under Naigaon tehsil of Nanded district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Khandgaon is Umri, about 28 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 5 - 10 km distance for Khandgaon.

Khandgaon is about 41 km from Nanded in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khandgaon is in Naigaon tehsil of Nanded district. Naigaon is about 3.9 km away. Mukher is about 20 km away. Umri is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bendri (under 2 km), Golegaon (under 2 km) and Naigaonwadi (3.1 km).

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

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