About Khiraka Tanka Village

Khiraka Tanka is a mid sized village in Chanderi tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,351, made up of 715 males and 636 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 589.69 hectares hectares.

Khiraka Tanka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khiraka Tanka village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Ashoknagar
Tehsil	Chanderi
Area (hectares)	589.69 hectares
Population	1,351
Male Population	715
Female Population	636
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	890
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Khiraka Tanka compares

By the 2011 count Khiraka Tanka is the 34th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 942 residents. Its 589.69 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Khiraka Tanka

Khiraka Tanka is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Khiraka Tanka as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khiraka Tanka from other places

Khiraka Tanka lies about 23 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Rahatwas, about 17 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 Khiraka Tanka
Nearest railway station	Rahatwas	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chanderi	21 km
District headquarters	Ashoknagar	23 km

Villages closest to Khiraka Tanka

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chanderi 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 Khiraka Tanka

As per the Census of India 2011, Khiraka Tanka village had a population of 1,351. That makes it the 34th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 942 residents.

Khiraka Tanka village has 715 males and 636 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khiraka Tanka has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 898.

Khiraka Tanka covers 589.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khiraka Tanka falls under Chanderi tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khiraka Tanka is Rahatwas, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khiraka Tanka.

Khiraka Tanka is about 23 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khiraka Tanka is in Chanderi tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Rahatwas is about 17 km away. Chanderi is about 21 km away. Ashoknagar is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.