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About Bamhori Kalan Village

Bamhori Kalan is a mid sized village in Babai tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 785, made up of 428 males and 357 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 834 females per 1000 males. The village covers 503.63 hectares hectares.

Bamhori Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bamhori Kalan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Hoshangabad
Tehsil Babai
Area (hectares) 503.63 hectares
Population 785
Male Population 428
Female Population 357
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 834
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bamhori Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Bamhori Kalan is the 55th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents. Its 503.63 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 915.

Getting to Bamhori Kalan

Bamhori Kalan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Bamhori Kalan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Bamhori Kalan from other places

Bamhori Kalan lies about 31 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Guramkhedi, about 18 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 Bamhori Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Babai 16 km
Nearest railway station Guramkhedi 18 km
Nearest town Sohāgpur 22 km
District headquarters Hoshangabad 31 km

Villages closest to Bamhori Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Babai 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 Bamhori Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Bamhori Kalan village had a population of 785. That makes it the 55th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents.

Bamhori Kalan village has 428 males and 357 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bamhori Kalan has about 834 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

Bamhori Kalan covers 503.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bamhori Kalan falls under Babai tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bamhori Kalan is Guramkhedi, about 18 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Bamhori Kalan.

Bamhori Kalan is about 31 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bamhori Kalan is in Babai tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Babai is about 16 km away. Guramkhedi is about 18 km away. Sohāgpur is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kondarwada (1.8 km), Maragaon (2.9 km) and Amkhedi (3.0 km).

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

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