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About Fardai Village

Fardai is a mid sized village in Shadhora tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 892, made up of 487 males and 405 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 832 females per 1000 males. The village covers 507 hectares hectares.

Fardai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Fardai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ashoknagar
Tehsil Shadhora
Area (hectares) 507 hectares
Population 892
Male Population 487
Female Population 405
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 832
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Fardai compares

By the 2011 count Fardai is the 30th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 759 residents. Its 507 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Fardai

Fardai 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 Fardai as Available within 5 - 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 Fardai from other places

Fardai lies about 15 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Shahdora Gaon, about 3.2 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 Fardai
Nearest railway station Shahdora Gaon 3.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Shadhora 15 km
District headquarters Ashoknagar 15 km

Villages closest to Fardai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Fardai village had a population of 892. That makes it the 30th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 759 residents.

Fardai village has 487 males and 405 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Fardai has about 832 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 913.

Fardai covers 507 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Fardai falls under Shadhora tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Fardai is Shahdora Gaon, about 3.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Fardai.

Fardai is about 15 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Fardai is in Shadhora tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Shahdora Gaon is about 3.2 km away. Shadhora is about 15 km away. Ashoknagar is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Karkhya (under 2 km), Bagulya (2.9 km) and Hinotiya Khurd (3.0 km).

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

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