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About Padkhuri Village

Padkhuri is a mid sized village in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,584, made up of 797 males and 787 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 987 females per 1000 males. The village covers 831.01 hectares hectares.

Padkhuri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padkhuri village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Katni
Tehsil Vijayraghavgarh
Area (hectares) 831.01 hectares
Population 1,584
Male Population 797
Female Population 787
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 987
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Padkhuri compares

By the 2011 count Padkhuri is the 41st largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents. Its 831.01 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Padkhuri

Padkhuri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Padkhuri 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 Padkhuri from other places

Padkhuri lies about 17 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Jukehi, about 6.0 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 Padkhuri
Nearest railway station Jukehi 6.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Vijayraghavgarh 13 km
District headquarters Katni 17 km
Nearest town Murwāra 17 km

Villages closest to Padkhuri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padkhuri village had a population of 1,584. That makes it the 41st largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents.

Padkhuri village has 797 males and 787 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padkhuri has about 987 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 955.

Padkhuri covers 831.01 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.

Padkhuri falls under Vijayraghavgarh tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Padkhuri is Jukehi, about 6.0 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 Padkhuri.

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

Padkhuri is in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil of Katni district. Jukehi is about 6.0 km away. Vijayraghavgarh is about 13 km away. Katni is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Majhgawan (under 2 km), Salaiya Paharhai (2.7 km) and Sakri (3.4 km).

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

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