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About Khed Village

Khed is a large village in Koregaon tehsil, in the district of Satara, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,758, made up of 1,408 males and 1,350 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 959 females per 1000 males. The village covers 791 hectares hectares.

Khed Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khed village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Satara
Tehsil Koregaon
Area (hectares) 791 hectares
Population 2,758
Male Population 1,408
Female Population 1,350
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 959
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khed compares

By the 2011 count Khed is the 20th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,598 residents. Its 791 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 1014.

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 5 - 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 130 km from Satara, and the nearest railway station is Bhakti Shakti, about 24 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
Nearest town Rājgurunagar 2.2 km
Nearest railway station Bhakti Shakti 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Koregaon 30 km
District headquarters Satara 130 km

Villages closest to Khed

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Koregaon 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 2,758. That makes it the 20th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,598 residents.

Khed village has 1,408 males and 1,350 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khed has about 959 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 1014.

Khed covers 791 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khed falls under Koregaon tehsil of Satara district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Khed is Bhakti Shakti, about 24 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 130 km from Satara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khed is in Koregaon tehsil of Satara district. Rājgurunagar is about 2.2 km away. Bhakti Shakti is about 24 km away. Koregaon is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kanherkhed (under 2 km), Bhose (14 km) and Nigadi (24 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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