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About Kharka Village

Kharka is a mid sized village in Chhatarpur tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 904, made up of 479 males and 425 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 441.02 hectares hectares.

Kharka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharka village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Chhatarpur
Area (hectares) 441.02 hectares
Population 904
Male Population 479
Female Population 425
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 887
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kharka compares

By the 2011 count Kharka is the 89th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents. Its 441.02 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 878.

Getting to Kharka

Kharka is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kharka as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Kharka from other places

Kharka lies about 14 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Ishanagar, about 13 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 Kharka
Nearest town Nowgong 12 km
Nearest railway station Ishanagar 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Chhatarpur 14 km

Villages closest to Kharka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharka village had a population of 904. That makes it the 89th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents.

Kharka village has 479 males and 425 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharka has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 878.

Kharka covers 441.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kharka falls under Chhatarpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kharka is Ishanagar, about 13 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 10+ km distance for Kharka.

Kharka is about 14 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharka is in Chhatarpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Nowgong is about 12 km away. Ishanagar is about 13 km away. Chhatarpur is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Banpura (under 2 km), Dudari (1.8 km) and Gora (2.0 km).

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

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