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About Khakrod Village

Khakrod is a mid sized village in Sawer tehsil, in the district of Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,473, made up of 727 males and 746 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 624.65 hectares hectares.

Khakrod Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khakrod village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Indore
Tehsil Sawer
Area (hectares) 624.65 hectares
Population 1,473
Male Population 727
Female Population 746
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,026
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khakrod compares

By the 2011 count Khakrod is the 39th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,378 residents. Its 624.65 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Khakrod

Khakrod is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khakrod as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khakrod from other places

Khakrod lies about 17 km from Indore, and the nearest railway station is Dakchya, about 4.5 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 Khakrod
Nearest railway station Dakchya 4.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Sawer 15 km
Nearest town Bāngarda Chhota 16 km
District headquarters Indore 17 km

Villages closest to Khakrod

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khakrod village had a population of 1,473. That makes it the 39th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,378 residents.

Khakrod village has 727 males and 746 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khakrod has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

Khakrod covers 624.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khakrod falls under Sawer tehsil of Indore district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khakrod is Dakchya, about 4.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khakrod.

Khakrod is about 17 km from Indore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khakrod is in Sawer tehsil of Indore district. Dakchya is about 4.5 km away. Sawer is about 15 km away. Bāngarda Chhota is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amli Kheda (under 2 km), Rampipalya (1.6 km) and Padariya Bajrang (1.7 km).

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

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