About Rakhi Village

Rakhi is a mid sized village in Bahoriband tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,909, made up of 951 males and 958 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 565.1 hectares hectares.

Rakhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rakhi village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Bahoriband
Area (hectares)	565.1 hectares
Population	1,909
Male Population	951
Female Population	958
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,007
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rakhi compares

By the 2011 count Rakhi is the 26th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents. Its 565.1 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Rakhi

Rakhi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Rakhi 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Rakhi from other places

Rakhi lies about 36 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Dundi, about 11 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 Rakhi
Tehsil headquarters	Bahoriband	8.9 km
Nearest railway station	Dundi	11 km
Nearest town	Sihorā	15 km
District headquarters	Katni	36 km

Villages closest to Rakhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rakhi village had a population of 1,909. That makes it the 26th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents.

Rakhi village has 951 males and 958 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rakhi has about 1007 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 964.

Rakhi covers 565.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rakhi falls under Bahoriband tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Rakhi is Dundi, about 11 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Rakhi.

Rakhi is about 36 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rakhi is in Bahoriband tehsil of Katni district. Bahoriband is about 8.9 km away. Dundi is about 11 km away. Sihorā is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.