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About Khandat Village

Khandat is a mid sized village in Chiplun tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,389, made up of 698 males and 691 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 419 hectares hectares.

Khandat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khandat village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ratnagiri
Tehsil Chiplun
Area (hectares) 419 hectares
Population 1,389
Male Population 698
Female Population 691
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 990
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khandat compares

By the 2011 count Khandat is the 56th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,290 residents. Its 419 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1147.

Getting to Khandat

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

Khandat lies about 93 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Kalambani Budruk, about 20 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 Khandat
Nearest railway station Kalambani Budruk 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Chiplun 29 km
Nearest town Chiplūn 29 km
District headquarters Ratnagiri 93 km

Villages closest to Khandat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khandat village had a population of 1,389. That makes it the 56th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,290 residents.

Khandat village has 698 males and 691 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khandat has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1147.

Khandat covers 419 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khandat falls under Chiplun tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Khandat is Kalambani Budruk, about 20 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 Khandat.

Khandat is about 93 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khandat is in Chiplun tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Kalambani Budruk is about 20 km away. Chiplun is about 29 km away. Chiplūn is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hadkani (2.4 km), Agarwadi (3.9 km) and Durgwadi (3.9 km).

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

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