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About Kharas Khanda Village

Kharas Khanda is a mid sized village in Karanja tehsil, in the district of Wardha, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 602, made up of 320 males and 282 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 490.63 hectares hectares.

Kharas Khanda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharas Khanda village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Wardha
Tehsil Karanja
Area (hectares) 490.63 hectares
Population 602
Male Population 320
Female Population 282
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 881
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kharas Khanda compares

By the 2011 count Kharas Khanda is the 58th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 955 residents. Its 490.63 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Kharas Khanda

Kharas Khanda is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kharas Khanda as Available within 5 - 10 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kharas Khanda from other places

Kharas Khanda lies about 125 km from Wardha, and the nearest railway station is Vilegaon, about 4.1 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 Kharas Khanda
Nearest railway station Vilegaon 4.1 km
Nearest town Murtajāpur 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Karanja 17 km
District headquarters Wardha 125 km

Villages closest to Kharas Khanda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Karanja 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 Kharas Khanda

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharas Khanda village had a population of 602. That makes it the 58th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 955 residents.

Kharas Khanda village has 320 males and 282 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharas Khanda has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 964.

Kharas Khanda covers 490.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kharas Khanda falls under Karanja tehsil of Wardha district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Kharas Khanda is Vilegaon, about 4.1 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kharas Khanda.

Kharas Khanda is about 125 km from Wardha in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharas Khanda is in Karanja tehsil of Wardha district. Vilegaon is about 4.1 km away. Murtajāpur is about 14 km away. Karanja is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhanora (3.4 km), Umari (5.3 km) and Mahadapur (8.3 km).

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

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