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About Khatkar Village

Khatkar is a mid sized village in Sikandra tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 550, made up of 312 males and 238 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 763 females per 1000 males. The village covers 135.57 hectares hectares.

Khatkar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khatkar village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil Sikandra
Area (hectares) 135.57 hectares
Population 550
Male Population 312
Female Population 238
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 763
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 Khatkar compares

By the 2011 count Khatkar is the 156th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents. Its 135.57 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 856.

Getting to Khatkar

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

Khatkar lies about 30 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Chaunrah, about 26 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 Khatkar
Tehsil headquarters Sikandra 8.1 km
Nearest town Auraiya 18 km
Nearest railway station Chaunrah 26 km
District headquarters Kanpur Dehat 30 km

Villages closest to Khatkar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khatkar village had a population of 550. That makes it the 156th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents.

Khatkar village has 312 males and 238 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khatkar has about 763 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 856.

Khatkar covers 135.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khatkar falls under Sikandra tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khatkar is Chaunrah, about 26 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 Khatkar.

Khatkar is about 30 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khatkar is in Sikandra tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Sikandra is about 8.1 km away. Auraiya is about 18 km away. Chaunrah is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bibanpur (under 2 km), Ghatapara (under 2 km) and Jafarpur (under 2 km).

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

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