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About Khed Village

Khed is a large village in Lohara tehsil, in the district of Osmanabad, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,035, made up of 1,573 males and 1,462 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1390.79 hectares hectares.

Khed Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khed village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Osmanabad
Tehsil Lohara
Area (hectares) 1390.79 hectares
Population 3,035
Male Population 1,573
Female Population 1,462
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 929
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khed compares

By the 2011 count Khed is the 11th largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,483 residents. Its 1390.79 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Khed

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

Khed lies about 41 km from Osmanabad, and the nearest railway station is Ausa Road, about 40 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 Khed
Tehsil headquarters Lohara 6.8 km
Nearest town Ausa 28 km
Nearest railway station Ausa Road 40 km
District headquarters Osmanabad 41 km

Villages closest to Khed

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khed village had a population of 3,035. That makes it the 11th largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,483 residents.

Khed village has 1,573 males and 1,462 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khed has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 935.

Khed covers 1390.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khed falls under Lohara tehsil of Osmanabad district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Khed is Ausa Road, about 40 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 Khed.

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

Khed is in Lohara tehsil of Osmanabad district. Lohara is about 6.8 km away. Ausa is about 28 km away. Ausa Road is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nagur (2.4 km), Kasti Bk (3.5 km) and Kasti Kh (4.1 km).

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

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