Khand (Bansagar)

Khand
city
Khand Location in Madhya Pradesh, India Khand Khand (India)
Coordinates: 24°10′45″N 81°17′46″E
Country	India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shahdol
Government
• Type	MP government
Population  (2011)
• Total	10,653
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-MP
Vehicle registration	MP

A town and a nagar panchayat in Shahdol district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The city is divided into 15 wards in which elections are held every 5 years.

Demographics

As of the 2011 India census, Khand (Bansagar) had a population of 10,653. Males constitute roughly 53.25% of the population and females 46.75%. Khand (Bansagar) has an average literacy rate of 75.1%, higher than the district average of 66.7 %: male literacy is 85.02 %, and female literacy is 63.96 %. In Khand (Bansagar), 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. The largest religious group in the city is Hindu distantly followed by Muslim and Buddhist.