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About Khandwa Village

Khandwa is a small village in Nakur tehsil, in the district of Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 338, made up of 190 males and 148 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 779 females per 1000 males. The village covers 104.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 247232, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khandwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khandwa village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Saharanpur
Tehsil Nakur
Pincode 247232
Area (hectares) 104.58 hectares
Population 338
Male Population 190
Female Population 148
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 779
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khandwa compares

By the 2011 count Khandwa is the 271st largest of the 325 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,682 residents. Its 104.58 hectares work out to about 3.2 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 891.

Getting to Khandwa

Khandwa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khandwa as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Khandwa from other places

Khandwa lies about 19 km from Saharanpur, and the nearest railway station is Sarsawa, about 12 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 Khandwa
Tehsil headquarters Nakur 4.9 km
Nearest town Nakūr 4.9 km
Nearest railway station Sarsawa 12 km
District headquarters Saharanpur 19 km

Villages closest to Khandwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khandwa village had a population of 338. That makes it the 271st largest of the 325 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,682 residents.

Khandwa village has 190 males and 148 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khandwa has about 779 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 891.

The pincode recorded for Khandwa is 247232. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khandwa covers 104.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khandwa falls under Nakur tehsil of Saharanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khandwa is Sarsawa, about 12 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 km distance and private bus service as Available for Khandwa.

Khandwa is about 19 km from Saharanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khandwa is in Nakur tehsil of Saharanpur district. Nakur is about 4.9 km away. Nakūr is about 4.9 km away. Sarsawa is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khandva (under 2 km), Khari Bans (under 2 km) and Bullewala (under 2 km).

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

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