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About Kukretha Village

Kukretha is a mid sized village in Chanderi tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,049, made up of 539 males and 510 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 740.57 hectares hectares.

Kukretha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kukretha village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ashoknagar
Tehsil Chanderi
Area (hectares) 740.57 hectares
Population 1,049
Male Population 539
Female Population 510
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 946
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Kukretha compares

By the 2011 count Kukretha is the 50th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 942 residents. Its 740.57 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Kukretha

Kukretha 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 Kukretha 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 Kukretha from other places

Kukretha lies about 18 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Rahatwas, about 7.0 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 Kukretha
Nearest railway station Rahatwas 7.0 km
District headquarters Ashoknagar 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Chanderi 28 km

Villages closest to Kukretha

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.

Common questions about Kukretha

As per the Census of India 2011, Kukretha village had a population of 1,049. That makes it the 50th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 942 residents.

Kukretha village has 539 males and 510 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kukretha has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 898.

Kukretha covers 740.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kukretha falls under Chanderi tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kukretha is Rahatwas, about 7.0 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 Kukretha.

Kukretha is about 18 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kukretha is in Chanderi tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Rahatwas is about 7.0 km away. Ashoknagar is about 18 km away. Chanderi is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Baksanpur (under 2 km), Manihari Muhal (2.1 km) and Khairai Piprai (3.0 km).

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

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