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About Khand Village

Khand is a small village in Malwan tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 286, made up of 129 males and 157 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,217 females per 1000 males. The village covers 158.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416534, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khand village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Sindhudurg
Tehsil Malwan
Pincode 416534
Area (hectares) 158.15 hectares
Population 286
Male Population 129
Female Population 157
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,217
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khand compares

By the 2011 count Khand is the 107th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 699 residents. Its 158.15 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 1067.

Getting to Khand

The census records public bus service for Khand as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khand from other places

Khand lies about 7.4 km from Malwan, and the nearest railway station is Sindhudurg, about 21 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 Khand
Tehsil headquarters Malwan 7.4 km
Nearest railway station Sindhudurg 21 km
Nearest town Sāvantvādi 43 km

Villages closest to Khand

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khand village had a population of 286. That makes it the 107th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 699 residents.

Khand village has 129 males and 157 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khand has about 1217 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1067.

The pincode recorded for Khand is 416534. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khand covers 158.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khand falls under Malwan tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Khand is Sindhudurg, about 21 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khand.

Khand is about 7.4 km from Malwan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khand is in Malwan tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Malwan is about 7.4 km away. Sindhudurg is about 21 km away. Sāvantvādi is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kandalgaon (under 2 km), Shemadranewadi (1.6 km) and Hadi (2.4 km).

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

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