About Parkana Village

Parkana is a mid sized village in Raghogarh tehsil, in the district of Guna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,509, made up of 792 males and 717 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 905 females per 1000 males. The village covers 479 hectares hectares.

Parkana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Parkana village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Guna
Tehsil	Raghogarh
Area (hectares)	479 hectares
Population	1,509
Male Population	792
Female Population	717
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	905
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Parkana compares

By the 2011 count Parkana is the 13th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 679 residents. Its 479 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 909.

Getting to Parkana

Parkana is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Parkana as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Parkana from other places

Parkana lies about 36 km from Guna, and the nearest railway station is Kumbhraj, about 7.7 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 Parkana
Nearest railway station	Kumbhraj	7.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Raghogarh	10 km
Nearest town	Rāghogarh	10 km
District headquarters	Guna	36 km

Villages closest to Parkana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Parkana village had a population of 1,509. That makes it the 13th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 679 residents.

Parkana village has 792 males and 717 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Parkana has about 905 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 909.

Parkana covers 479 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Parkana falls under Raghogarh tehsil of Guna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Parkana is Kumbhraj, about 7.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Parkana.

Parkana is about 36 km from Guna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Parkana is in Raghogarh tehsil of Guna district. Kumbhraj is about 7.7 km away. Raghogarh is about 10 km away. Rāghogarh is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.