About Khelna Village

Khelna is a mid sized village in Sabang tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,956, made up of 964 males and 992 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 201.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721166, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khelna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khelna village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil	Sabang
Pincode	721166
Area (hectares)	201.13 hectares
Population	1,956
Male Population	964
Female Population	992
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,029
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khelna compares

By the 2011 count Khelna is the 36th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,196 residents. Its 201.13 hectares work out to about 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Khelna

Khelna is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khelna as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Khelna from other places

Khelna lies about 27 km from Paschim Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Radhamohanpur, about 13 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 Khelna
Tehsil headquarters	Sabang	7.5 km
Nearest railway station	Radhamohanpur	13 km
District headquarters	Paschim Medinipur	27 km
Nearest town	Tamlūk	32 km

Villages closest to Khelna

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

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Common questions about Khelna

As per the Census of India 2011, Khelna village had a population of 1,956. That makes it the 36th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,196 residents.

Khelna village has 964 males and 992 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khelna has about 1029 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Khelna is 721166. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khelna covers 201.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khelna falls under Sabang tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Khelna is Radhamohanpur, about 13 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 5 - 10 km distance for Khelna.

Khelna is about 27 km from Paschim Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khelna is in Sabang tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Sabang is about 7.5 km away. Radhamohanpur is about 13 km away. Paschim Medinipur is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.