About Karkheda Village

Karkheda is a mid sized village in Khaknar tehsil, in the district of Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,900, made up of 988 males and 912 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 942.32 hectares hectares.

Karkheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karkheda village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Burhanpur
Tehsil	Khaknar
Area (hectares)	942.32 hectares
Population	1,900
Male Population	988
Female Population	912
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	923
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karkheda compares

By the 2011 count Karkheda is the 27th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,645 residents. Its 942.32 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Karkheda

Karkheda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karkheda as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Karkheda from other places

Karkheda lies about 26 km from Burhanpur, and the nearest railway station is Nepanagar, about 17 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 Karkheda
Tehsil headquarters	Khaknar	9.7 km
Nearest town	Nepānagar	16 km
Nearest railway station	Nepanagar	17 km
District headquarters	Burhanpur	26 km

Villages closest to Karkheda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karkheda village had a population of 1,900. That makes it the 27th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,645 residents.

Karkheda village has 988 males and 912 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkheda has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Karkheda covers 942.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karkheda falls under Khaknar tehsil of Burhanpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karkheda is Nepanagar, about 17 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Karkheda.

Karkheda is about 26 km from Burhanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karkheda is in Khaknar tehsil of Burhanpur district. Khaknar is about 9.7 km away. Nepānagar is about 16 km away. Nepanagar is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.