About Tharka Village

Tharka is a mid sized village in Murwara tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 827, made up of 411 males and 416 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 426.64 hectares hectares.

Tharka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tharka village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Murwara
Area (hectares)	426.64 hectares
Population	827
Male Population	411
Female Population	416
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 Tharka compares

By the 2011 count Tharka is the 70th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,275 residents. Its 426.64 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 954.

Getting to Tharka

Tharka is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Tharka 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 Tharka from other places

Tharka lies about 33 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Patohan, about 14 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 Tharka
Nearest railway station	Patohan	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Murwara	33 km
District headquarters	Katni	33 km
Nearest town	Murwāra	33 km

Villages closest to Tharka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tharka village had a population of 827. That makes it the 70th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,275 residents.

Tharka village has 411 males and 416 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tharka has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

Tharka covers 426.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Tharka falls under Murwara tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Tharka is Patohan, about 14 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 Tharka.

Tharka is about 33 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tharka is in Murwara tehsil of Katni district. Patohan is about 14 km away. Murwara is about 33 km away. Katni is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.