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About Suwakhedi Village

Suwakhedi is a mid sized village in Babai tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,247, made up of 644 males and 603 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 404.63 hectares hectares.

Suwakhedi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Suwakhedi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Hoshangabad
Tehsil Babai
Area (hectares) 404.63 hectares
Population 1,247
Male Population 644
Female Population 603
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 936
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Suwakhedi compares

By the 2011 count Suwakhedi is the 37th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents. Its 404.63 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Suwakhedi

Suwakhedi 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 Suwakhedi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Suwakhedi from other places

Suwakhedi lies about 15 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Gurra, about 8.1 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 Suwakhedi
Tehsil headquarters Babai 7.1 km
Nearest railway station Gurra 8.1 km
Nearest town Itārsi 15 km
District headquarters Hoshangabad 15 km

Villages closest to Suwakhedi

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 Suwakhedi

As per the Census of India 2011, Suwakhedi village had a population of 1,247. That makes it the 37th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents.

Suwakhedi village has 644 males and 603 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Suwakhedi has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 915.

Suwakhedi covers 404.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Suwakhedi falls under Babai tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Suwakhedi is Gurra, about 8.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Suwakhedi.

Suwakhedi is about 15 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Suwakhedi is in Babai tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Babai is about 7.1 km away. Gurra is about 8.1 km away. Itārsi is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Anchal Kheda (under 2 km), Jawali (3.3 km) and Sukkarwada (3.9 km).

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

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