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About Damkheda Village

Damkheda is a large village in Jhiranya tehsil, in the district of Khargone, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,090, made up of 1,046 males and 1,044 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 998 females per 1000 males. The village covers 466.5 hectares hectares.

Damkheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damkheda village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Khargone
Tehsil Jhiranya
Area (hectares) 466.5 hectares
Population 2,090
Male Population 1,046
Female Population 1,044
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 998
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Damkheda compares

By the 2011 count Damkheda is the 28th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,574 residents. Its 466.5 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Damkheda

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

Damkheda lies about 20 km from Khargone, and the nearest railway station is Raver, about 60 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 Damkheda
Tehsil headquarters Jhiranya 20 km
District headquarters Khargone 20 km
Nearest railway station Raver 60 km

Villages closest to Damkheda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Damkheda village had a population of 2,090. That makes it the 28th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,574 residents.

Damkheda village has 1,046 males and 1,044 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damkheda has about 998 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 995.

Damkheda covers 466.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Damkheda falls under Jhiranya tehsil of Khargone district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Damkheda is Raver, about 60 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 Damkheda.

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

Damkheda is in Jhiranya tehsil of Khargone district. Jhiranya is about 20 km away. Khargone is about 20 km away. Raver is about 60 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rajpura (2.8 km), Balkhad (5.2 km) and Ratanpur (6.1 km).

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

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