About Pikhar Kalan Village

Pikhar Kalan is a mid sized village in Pandhana tehsil, in the district of Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,238, made up of 644 males and 594 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 670.91 hectares hectares.

Pikhar Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pikhar Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Khandwa
Tehsil	Pandhana
Area (hectares)	670.91 hectares
Population	1,238
Male Population	644
Female Population	594
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	922
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 Pikhar Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Pikhar Kalan is the 50th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,765 residents. Its 670.91 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Pikhar Kalan

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

Pikhar Kalan lies about 20 km from Khandwa, and the nearest railway station is Ajanti, about 19 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 Pikhar Kalan
Tehsil headquarters	Pandhana	10 km
Nearest railway station	Ajanti	19 km
District headquarters	Khandwa	20 km

Villages closest to Pikhar Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pandhana 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 Pikhar Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Pikhar Kalan village had a population of 1,238. That makes it the 50th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,765 residents.

Pikhar Kalan village has 644 males and 594 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pikhar Kalan has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 939.

Pikhar Kalan covers 670.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pikhar Kalan falls under Pandhana tehsil of Khandwa district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Pikhar Kalan is Ajanti, about 19 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 Pikhar Kalan.

Pikhar Kalan is about 20 km from Khandwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pikhar Kalan is in Pandhana tehsil of Khandwa district. Pandhana is about 10 km away. Ajanti is about 19 km away. Khandwa is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.