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About Surkheda Village

Surkheda is a mid sized village in Sitamau tehsil, in the district of Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,094, made up of 575 males and 519 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 903 females per 1000 males. The village covers 668.11 hectares hectares.

Surkheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surkheda village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Mandsaur
Tehsil Sitamau
Area (hectares) 668.11 hectares
Population 1,094
Male Population 575
Female Population 519
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 903
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Surkheda compares

By the 2011 count Surkheda is the 58th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,114 residents. Its 668.11 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Surkheda

Surkheda is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Surkheda as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Surkheda from other places

Surkheda lies about 25 km from Mandsaur, and the nearest railway station is Dalauda, about 21 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 Surkheda
Tehsil headquarters Sitamau 5.1 km
Nearest railway station Dalauda 21 km
District headquarters Mandsaur 25 km

Villages closest to Surkheda

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 Surkheda

As per the Census of India 2011, Surkheda village had a population of 1,094. That makes it the 58th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,114 residents.

Surkheda village has 575 males and 519 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surkheda has about 903 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Surkheda covers 668.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Surkheda is Dalauda, about 21 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Surkheda is about 25 km from Mandsaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surkheda is in Sitamau tehsil of Mandsaur district. Sitamau is about 5.1 km away. Dalauda is about 21 km away. Mandsaur is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Handi (2.0 km), Dammakhedi (2.8 km) and Akya (3.0 km).

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

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