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About Khapran Village

Khapran is a small village in Akkalkuwa tehsil, in the district of Nandurbar, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 312, made up of 151 males and 161 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,066 females per 1000 males. The village covers 179.87 hectares hectares.

Khapran Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khapran village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Nandurbar
Tehsil Akkalkuwa
Area (hectares) 179.87 hectares
Population 312
Male Population 151
Female Population 161
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,066
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khapran compares

By the 2011 count Khapran is the 165th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,145 residents. Its 179.87 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Khapran

Khapran is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khapran as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Khapran from other places

Khapran lies about 6.5 km from Nandurbar, and the nearest railway station is Dhekvad, about 4.5 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 Khapran
Nearest railway station Dhekvad 4.5 km
District headquarters Nandurbar 6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Akkalkuwa 25 km

Villages closest to Khapran

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 Khapran

As per the Census of India 2011, Khapran village had a population of 312. That makes it the 165th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,145 residents.

Khapran village has 151 males and 161 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khapran has about 1066 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1010.

Khapran covers 179.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khapran falls under Akkalkuwa tehsil of Nandurbar district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Khapran is Dhekvad, about 4.5 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khapran.

Khapran is about 6.5 km from Nandurbar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khapran is in Akkalkuwa tehsil of Nandurbar district. Dhekvad is about 4.5 km away. Nandurbar is about 6.5 km away. Akkalkuwa is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Boripada (3.7 km), Khai (14 km) and Vakadhaman (15 km).

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

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