About Morkhandi Village

Morkhandi is one of the larger villages in Basavakalyan tehsil, in the district of Bidar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,140, made up of 2,576 males and 2,564 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 995 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2342.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585327, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Morkhandi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Morkhandi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bidar
Tehsil	Basavakalyan
Pincode	585327
Area (hectares)	2342.67 hectares
Population	5,140
Male Population	2,576
Female Population	2,564
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	995
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Morkhandi compares

By the 2011 count Morkhandi is the 11th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,509 residents. Its 2342.67 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Morkhandi

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

Morkhandi lies about 68 km from Bidar, and the nearest railway station is Humanabad, about 30 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 Morkhandi
Tehsil headquarters	Basavakalyan	8.1 km
Nearest railway station	Humanabad	30 km
District headquarters	Bidar	68 km

Villages closest to Morkhandi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Morkhandi village had a population of 5,140. That makes it the 11th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,509 residents.

Morkhandi village has 2,576 males and 2,564 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Morkhandi has about 995 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Morkhandi is 585327. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Morkhandi covers 2342.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Morkhandi falls under Basavakalyan tehsil of Bidar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Morkhandi is Humanabad, about 30 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 within 10+ km distance for Morkhandi.

Morkhandi is about 68 km from Bidar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Morkhandi is in Basavakalyan tehsil of Bidar district. Basavakalyan is about 8.1 km away. Humanabad is about 30 km away. Bidar is about 68 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.