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About Khateghar Village

Khateghar is a mid sized village in Murbad tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 963, made up of 465 males and 498 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,071 females per 1000 males. The village covers 191.66 hectares hectares.

Khateghar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khateghar village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Thane
Tehsil Murbad
Area (hectares) 191.66 hectares
Population 963
Male Population 465
Female Population 498
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,071
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khateghar compares

By the 2011 count Khateghar is the 67th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 842 residents. Its 191.66 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Khateghar

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

Khateghar lies about 78 km from Thane, and the nearest railway station is Asangaon, about 44 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 Khateghar
Nearest town Junnar 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Murbad 32 km
Nearest railway station Asangaon 44 km
District headquarters Thane 78 km

Villages closest to Khateghar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khateghar village had a population of 963. That makes it the 67th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 842 residents.

Khateghar village has 465 males and 498 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khateghar has about 1071 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 977.

Khateghar covers 191.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khateghar falls under Murbad tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Khateghar is Asangaon, about 44 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 Khateghar.

Khateghar is about 78 km from Thane in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khateghar is in Murbad tehsil of Thane district. Junnar is about 20 km away. Murbad is about 32 km away. Asangaon is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Palu (5.9 km), Pendhari (6.3 km) and Moroshi (6.9 km).

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

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