About Sherkund Village

Sherkund is a small village in Mhow tehsil, in the district of Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 336, made up of 164 males and 172 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,049 females per 1000 males. The village covers 195.57 hectares hectares.

Sherkund Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sherkund village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Indore
Tehsil	Mhow
Area (hectares)	195.57 hectares
Population	336
Male Population	164
Female Population	172
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,049
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sherkund compares

By the 2011 count Sherkund is the 133rd largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,418 residents. Its 195.57 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 946.

Getting to Sherkund

Sherkund is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sherkund as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Sherkund from other places

Sherkund lies about 42 km from Indore, and the nearest railway station is Patalpani Waterfall, about 23 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 Sherkund
Nearest railway station	Patalpani Waterfall	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mhow	24 km
District headquarters	Indore	42 km

Villages closest to Sherkund

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 Sherkund

As per the Census of India 2011, Sherkund village had a population of 336. That makes it the 133rd largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,418 residents.

Sherkund village has 164 males and 172 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sherkund has about 1049 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 946.

Sherkund covers 195.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Sherkund is Patalpani Waterfall, about 23 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sherkund.

Sherkund is about 42 km from Indore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sherkund is in Mhow tehsil of Indore district. Patalpani Waterfall is about 23 km away. Mhow is about 24 km away. Indore is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.