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About Yakodi Village

Yakodi is a large village in Waraseoni tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,748, made up of 1,329 males and 1,419 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,068 females per 1000 males. The village covers 856.28 hectares hectares.

Yakodi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yakodi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Waraseoni
Area (hectares) 856.28 hectares
Population 2,748
Male Population 1,329
Female Population 1,419
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,068
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Yakodi compares

By the 2011 count Yakodi is the 16th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,986 residents. Its 856.28 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Yakodi

Yakodi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Yakodi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Yakodi from other places

Yakodi lies about 27 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Gatra, about 4.4 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 Yakodi
Nearest railway station Gatra 4.4 km
Nearest town Gondiā 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Waraseoni 24 km
District headquarters Balaghat 27 km

Villages closest to Yakodi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Yakodi village had a population of 2,748. That makes it the 16th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,986 residents.

Yakodi village has 1,329 males and 1,419 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yakodi has about 1068 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1019.

Yakodi covers 856.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Yakodi falls under Waraseoni tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Yakodi is Gatra, about 4.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Yakodi is about 27 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yakodi is in Waraseoni tehsil of Balaghat district. Gatra is about 4.4 km away. Gondiā is about 13 km away. Waraseoni is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Changera (8.2 km), Tuiyapar (9.0 km) and Dongarmali (9.4 km).

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

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