About Sorkhi Village

Sorkhi is a mid sized village in Ghuwara tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,876, made up of 1,028 males and 848 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 825 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1031.71 hectares hectares.

Sorkhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sorkhi village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Ghuwara
Area (hectares)	1031.71 hectares
Population	1,876
Male Population	1,028
Female Population	848
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	825
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sorkhi compares

By the 2011 count Sorkhi is the 17th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents. Its 1031.71 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 871.

Getting to Sorkhi

Sorkhi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sorkhi as Available within 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 Sorkhi from other places

Sorkhi lies about 60 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Sarkanpur, about 22 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 Sorkhi
Tehsil headquarters	Ghuwara	14 km
Nearest railway station	Sarkanpur	22 km
Nearest town	Tīkamgarh	29 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	60 km

Villages closest to Sorkhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sorkhi village had a population of 1,876. That makes it the 17th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents.

Sorkhi village has 1,028 males and 848 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sorkhi has about 825 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 871.

Sorkhi covers 1031.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sorkhi falls under Ghuwara tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sorkhi is Sarkanpur, about 22 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 10+ km distance for Sorkhi.

Sorkhi is about 60 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sorkhi is in Ghuwara tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Ghuwara is about 14 km away. Sarkanpur is about 22 km away. Tīkamgarh is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.