About Raikunda Village

Raikunda is a mid sized village in Mhow tehsil, in the district of Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,036, made up of 559 males and 477 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 853 females per 1000 males. The village covers 359.56 hectares hectares.

Raikunda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Raikunda village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Indore
Tehsil	Mhow
Area (hectares)	359.56 hectares
Population	1,036
Male Population	559
Female Population	477
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	853
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Raikunda compares

By the 2011 count Raikunda is the 62nd largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,418 residents. Its 359.56 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Raikunda

Raikunda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Raikunda as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Raikunda from other places

Raikunda lies about 34 km from Indore, and the nearest railway station is Kalakund, about 6.9 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 Raikunda
Nearest railway station	Kalakund	6.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mhow	19 km
District headquarters	Indore	34 km

Villages closest to Raikunda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Raikunda village had a population of 1,036. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,418 residents.

Raikunda village has 559 males and 477 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Raikunda has about 853 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

Raikunda covers 359.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Raikunda falls under Mhow tehsil of Indore district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Raikunda is Kalakund, about 6.9 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 village for Raikunda.

Raikunda is about 34 km from Indore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Raikunda is in Mhow tehsil of Indore district. Kalakund is about 6.9 km away. Mhow is about 19 km away. Indore is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.