About Sankheda Village

Sankheda is a large village in Itarsi tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,530, made up of 1,838 males and 1,692 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 954.8 hectares hectares.

Sankheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sankheda village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Hoshangabad
Tehsil	Itarsi
Area (hectares)	954.8 hectares
Population	3,530
Male Population	1,838
Female Population	1,692
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	921
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Sankheda compares

By the 2011 count Sankheda is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,011 residents. Its 954.8 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Sankheda

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

How far is Sankheda from other places

Sankheda lies about 18 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Gurra, about 4.8 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 Sankheda
Nearest railway station	Gurra	4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Itarsi	6.4 km
Nearest town	Itārsi	6.4 km
District headquarters	Hoshangabad	18 km

Villages closest to Sankheda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sankheda village had a population of 3,530. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,011 residents.

Sankheda village has 1,838 males and 1,692 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sankheda has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 939.

Sankheda covers 954.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sankheda falls under Itarsi tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sankheda is Gurra, about 4.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Sankheda.

Sankheda is about 18 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sankheda is in Itarsi tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Gurra is about 4.8 km away. Itarsi is about 6.4 km away. Itārsi is about 6.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.