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About Peera Village

Peera is a mid sized village in Bada Malhera tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,253, made up of 691 males and 562 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 813 females per 1000 males. The village covers 409.23 hectares hectares.

Peera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Peera village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Bada Malhera
Area (hectares) 409.23 hectares
Population 1,253
Male Population 691
Female Population 562
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 813
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Peera compares

By the 2011 count Peera is the 28th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 933 residents. Its 409.23 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 878.

Getting to Peera

Peera is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Peera 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Peera from other places

Peera lies about 34 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Tila, about 14 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 Peera
Nearest railway station Tila 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Bada Malhera 18 km
Nearest town Bijāwar 20 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 34 km

Villages closest to Peera

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bada Malhera 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 Peera

As per the Census of India 2011, Peera village had a population of 1,253. That makes it the 28th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 933 residents.

Peera village has 691 males and 562 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Peera has about 813 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 878.

Peera covers 409.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Peera falls under Bada Malhera tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Peera is Tila, about 14 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Peera.

Peera is about 34 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Peera is in Bada Malhera tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Tila is about 14 km away. Bada Malhera is about 18 km away. Bijāwar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sendhkhuri (under 2 km), Karmasi (1.5 km) and Barkhera (1.5 km).

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

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