About Bekalaya Village

Bekalaya is a small village in Barwaha tehsil, in the district of Khargone, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 364, made up of 174 males and 190 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,092 females per 1000 males. The village covers 307.07 hectares hectares.

Bekalaya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bekalaya village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Khargone
Tehsil	Barwaha
Area (hectares)	307.07 hectares
Population	364
Male Population	174
Female Population	190
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,092
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 Bekalaya compares

By the 2011 count Bekalaya is the 193rd largest of the 246 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,107 residents. Its 307.07 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 944.

Getting to Bekalaya

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

Bekalaya lies about 71 km from Khargone, and the nearest railway station is Kalakund, about 5.8 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 Bekalaya
Nearest railway station	Kalakund	5.8 km
Nearest town	Mhow	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barwaha	27 km
District headquarters	Khargone	71 km

Villages closest to Bekalaya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bekalaya village had a population of 364. That makes it the 193rd largest of the 246 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,107 residents.

Bekalaya village has 174 males and 190 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bekalaya has about 1092 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 944.

Bekalaya covers 307.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bekalaya falls under Barwaha tehsil of Khargone district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bekalaya is Kalakund, about 5.8 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 Bekalaya.

Bekalaya is about 71 km from Khargone in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bekalaya is in Barwaha tehsil of Khargone district. Kalakund is about 5.8 km away. Mhow is about 17 km away. Barwaha is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.