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About Khandwari Village

Khandwari is a large village in Sakaldiha tehsil, in the district of Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,941, made up of 1,557 males and 1,384 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 29.61 hectares hectares.

Khandwari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khandwari village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Chandauli
Tehsil Sakaldiha
Area (hectares) 29.61 hectares
Population 2,941
Male Population 1,557
Female Population 1,384
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 889
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khandwari compares

By the 2011 count Khandwari is the 58th largest of the 437 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents. Its 29.61 hectares work out to about 99 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Khandwari

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

Khandwari lies about 18 km from Chandauli, and the nearest railway station is Kuchman Railway Station, about 11 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 Khandwari
Tehsil headquarters Sakaldiha 9.2 km
Nearest railway station Kuchman Railway Station 11 km
Nearest town Saidpur 14 km
District headquarters Chandauli 18 km

Villages closest to Khandwari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khandwari village had a population of 2,941. That makes it the 58th largest of the 437 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents.

Khandwari village has 1,557 males and 1,384 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khandwari has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Khandwari covers 29.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 99 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Khandwari falls under Sakaldiha tehsil of Chandauli district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khandwari is Kuchman Railway Station, about 11 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 for Khandwari.

Khandwari is about 18 km from Chandauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khandwari is in Sakaldiha tehsil of Chandauli district. Sakaldiha is about 9.2 km away. Kuchman Railway Station is about 11 km away. Saidpur is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chahania (under 2 km), Jagarnathpur (under 2 km) and Maheshpur (under 2 km).

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

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