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About Khandwar Village

Khandwar is a mid sized village in Koil tehsil, in the district of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,152, made up of 634 males and 518 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 817 females per 1000 males. The village covers 163.87 hectares hectares.

Khandwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khandwar village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Aligarh
Tehsil Koil
Area (hectares) 163.87 hectares
Population 1,152
Male Population 634
Female Population 518
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 817
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khandwar compares

By the 2011 count Khandwar is the 232nd largest of the 357 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,099 residents. Its 163.87 hectares work out to about 7.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 881.

Getting to Khandwar

Khandwar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Khandwar as Available within 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 Khandwar from other places

Khandwar lies about 16 km from Aligarh, and the nearest railway station is Mandrak, about 9.1 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 Khandwar
Nearest railway station Mandrak 9.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Koil 16 km
District headquarters Aligarh 16 km
Nearest town Alīgarh 16 km

Villages closest to Khandwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khandwar village had a population of 1,152. That makes it the 232nd largest of the 357 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,099 residents.

Khandwar village has 634 males and 518 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khandwar has about 817 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 881.

Khandwar covers 163.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khandwar falls under Koil tehsil of Aligarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khandwar is Mandrak, about 9.1 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khandwar.

Khandwar is about 16 km from Aligarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khandwar is in Koil tehsil of Aligarh district. Mandrak is about 9.1 km away. Koil is about 16 km away. Aligarh is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khurrampur (under 2 km), Alampur (1.6 km) and Alampur Subkaramafi (1.6 km).

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

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