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About Khakrapura Village

Khakrapura is a small village in Sohagpur tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 173, made up of 86 males and 87 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106 hectares hectares.

Khakrapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khakrapura village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Hoshangabad
Tehsil Sohagpur
Area (hectares) 106 hectares
Population 173
Male Population 86
Female Population 87
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,012
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khakrapura compares

By the 2011 count Khakrapura is the 146th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 783 residents. Its 106 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Khakrapura

Khakrapura is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Khakrapura as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Khakrapura from other places

Khakrapura lies about 41 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Sontalai, about 16 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 Khakrapura
Nearest railway station Sontalai 16 km
Nearest town Itārsi 28 km
Tehsil headquarters Sohagpur 34 km
District headquarters Hoshangabad 41 km

Villages closest to Khakrapura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khakrapura village had a population of 173. That makes it the 146th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 783 residents.

Khakrapura village has 86 males and 87 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khakrapura has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 904.

Khakrapura covers 106 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.

Khakrapura falls under Sohagpur tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khakrapura is Sontalai, about 16 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khakrapura.

Khakrapura is about 41 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khakrapura is in Sohagpur tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Sontalai is about 16 km away. Itārsi is about 28 km away. Sohagpur is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mana (3.6 km), Malni (5.5 km) and Sankai (7.4 km).

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

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