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About Khera Bhan Village

Khera Bhan is a mid sized village in Shadhora tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 789, made up of 401 males and 388 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 968 females per 1000 males. The village covers 668 hectares hectares.

Khera Bhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khera Bhan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ashoknagar
Tehsil Shadhora
Area (hectares) 668 hectares
Population 789
Male Population 401
Female Population 388
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 968
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khera Bhan compares

By the 2011 count Khera Bhan is the 37th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 759 residents. Its 668 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Khera Bhan

The census records public bus service for Khera Bhan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khera Bhan from other places

Khera Bhan lies about 7.0 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Ratikheda, about 2.8 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 Khera Bhan
Nearest railway station Ratikheda 2.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Shadhora 7.0 km
District headquarters Ashoknagar 7.0 km

Villages closest to Khera Bhan

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 Khera Bhan

As per the Census of India 2011, Khera Bhan village had a population of 789. That makes it the 37th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 759 residents.

Khera Bhan village has 401 males and 388 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khera Bhan has about 968 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 913.

Khera Bhan covers 668 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khera Bhan falls under Shadhora tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khera Bhan is Ratikheda, about 2.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khera Bhan.

Khera Bhan is about 7.0 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khera Bhan is in Shadhora tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Ratikheda is about 2.8 km away. Shadhora is about 7.0 km away. Ashoknagar is about 7.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Akhai Krishna (2.3 km), Tonkali (3.6 km) and Khejra Nai (3.9 km).

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

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