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About Shakkarkhedi Village

Shakkarkhedi is a mid sized village in Sitamau tehsil, in the district of Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,335, made up of 672 males and 663 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 987 females per 1000 males. The village covers 631.96 hectares hectares.

Shakkarkhedi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shakkarkhedi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Mandsaur
Tehsil Sitamau
Area (hectares) 631.96 hectares
Population 1,335
Male Population 672
Female Population 663
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 Shakkarkhedi compares

By the 2011 count Shakkarkhedi is the 43rd largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,114 residents. Its 631.96 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Shakkarkhedi

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

Shakkarkhedi lies about 16 km from Mandsaur, and the nearest railway station is Mandsor, about 15 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 Shakkarkhedi
Nearest railway station Mandsor 15 km
District headquarters Mandsaur 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Sitamau 18 km

Villages closest to Shakkarkhedi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shakkarkhedi village had a population of 1,335. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,114 residents.

Shakkarkhedi village has 672 males and 663 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shakkarkhedi 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 967.

Shakkarkhedi covers 631.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shakkarkhedi falls under Sitamau tehsil of Mandsaur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shakkarkhedi is Mandsor, about 15 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 Shakkarkhedi.

Shakkarkhedi is about 16 km from Mandsaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shakkarkhedi is in Sitamau tehsil of Mandsaur district. Mandsor is about 15 km away. Mandsaur is about 16 km away. Sitamau is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sunthi (3.1 km), Khanukheda (3.2 km) and Sunthkheda (3.2 km).

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

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