About Porkhi Village

Porkhi is a small village in Shadhora tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 210, made up of 104 males and 106 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 214 hectares hectares.

Porkhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Porkhi village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Ashoknagar
Tehsil	Shadhora
Area (hectares)	214 hectares
Population	210
Male Population	104
Female Population	106
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Porkhi compares

By the 2011 count Porkhi is the 86th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 759 residents. Its 214 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Porkhi

Porkhi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Porkhi 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 within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Porkhi from other places

Porkhi lies about 19 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Shahdora Gaon, about 12 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 Porkhi
Nearest railway station	Shahdora Gaon	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shadhora	19 km
District headquarters	Ashoknagar	19 km

Villages closest to Porkhi

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.

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Common questions about Porkhi

As per the Census of India 2011, Porkhi village had a population of 210. That makes it the 86th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 759 residents.

Porkhi village has 104 males and 106 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Porkhi has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 913.

Porkhi covers 214 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Porkhi is Shahdora Gaon, about 12 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Porkhi.

Porkhi is about 19 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Porkhi is in Shadhora tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Shahdora Gaon is about 12 km away. Shadhora is about 19 km away. Ashoknagar is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.