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About Thukni Village

Thukni is a mid sized village in Kukshi tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,226, made up of 619 males and 607 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 981 females per 1000 males. The village covers 382.6 hectares hectares.

Thukni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thukni village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Dhar
Tehsil Kukshi
Area (hectares) 382.6 hectares
Population 1,226
Male Population 619
Female Population 607
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 981
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Thukni compares

By the 2011 count Thukni is the 100th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,476 residents. Its 382.6 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 999.

Getting to Thukni

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

How far is Thukni from other places

Thukni lies about 66 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Tanda Road, about 35 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 Thukni
Tehsil headquarters Kukshi 8.1 km
Nearest railway station Tanda Road 35 km
District headquarters Dhar 66 km

Villages closest to Thukni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Thukni village had a population of 1,226. That makes it the 100th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,476 residents.

Thukni village has 619 males and 607 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thukni has about 981 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 999.

Thukni covers 382.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Thukni falls under Kukshi tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Thukni is Tanda Road, about 35 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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 Thukni.

Thukni is about 66 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thukni is in Kukshi tehsil of Dhar district. Kukshi is about 8.1 km away. Tanda Road is about 35 km away. Dhar is about 66 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nanoda (under 2 km), Salkheda (2.0 km) and Loni (2.5 km).

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

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