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About Khai Village

Khai is a mid sized village in Akkalkuwa tehsil, in the district of Nandurbar, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,590, made up of 850 males and 740 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1298.63 hectares hectares.

Khai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khai village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Nandurbar
Tehsil Akkalkuwa
Area (hectares) 1298.63 hectares
Population 1,590
Male Population 850
Female Population 740
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 871
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khai compares

By the 2011 count Khai is the 41st largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,145 residents. Its 1298.63 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 1010.

Getting to Khai

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

Khai lies about 19 km from Nandurbar, and the nearest railway station is Khandbara, 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 Khai
Nearest railway station Khandbara 4.7 km
District headquarters Nandurbar 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Akkalkuwa 24 km

Villages closest to Khai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khai village had a population of 1,590. That makes it the 41st largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,145 residents.

Khai village has 850 males and 740 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khai has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1010.

Khai covers 1298.63 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.

Khai falls under Akkalkuwa tehsil of Nandurbar district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Khai is Khandbara, about 4.7 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 Khai.

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

Khai is in Akkalkuwa tehsil of Nandurbar district. Khandbara is about 4.7 km away. Nandurbar is about 19 km away. Akkalkuwa 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 Bagda (8.2 km), Bharadipadar (10 km) and Kukadipadar (10 km).

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

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