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About Morkheda Village

Morkheda is a mid sized village in Sitamau tehsil, in the district of Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 657, made up of 340 males and 317 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 506.46 hectares hectares.

Morkheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Morkheda village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Mandsaur
Tehsil Sitamau
Area (hectares) 506.46 hectares
Population 657
Male Population 340
Female Population 317
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 932
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Morkheda compares

By the 2011 count Morkheda is the 96th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,114 residents. Its 506.46 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 967.

Getting to Morkheda

The census records public bus service for Morkheda as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Morkheda from other places

Morkheda lies about 26 km from Mandsaur, and the nearest railway station is Dalauda, about 24 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 Morkheda
Tehsil headquarters Sitamau 3.7 km
Nearest railway station Dalauda 24 km
District headquarters Mandsaur 26 km

Villages closest to Morkheda

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 Morkheda

As per the Census of India 2011, Morkheda village had a population of 657. That makes it the 96th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,114 residents.

Morkheda village has 340 males and 317 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Morkheda has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 967.

Morkheda covers 506.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Morkheda is Dalauda, about 24 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Morkheda.

Morkheda is about 26 km from Mandsaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Morkheda is in Sitamau tehsil of Mandsaur district. Sitamau is about 3.7 km away. Dalauda is about 24 km away. Mandsaur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Suriyakheda (1.6 km), Kodiya (2.0 km) and Handi (2.9 km).

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

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