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About Kakra Village

Kakra is a small village in Raipura tehsil, in the district of Panna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 496, made up of 279 males and 217 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 778 females per 1000 males. The village covers 303.74 hectares hectares.

Kakra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kakra village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Panna
Tehsil Raipura
Area (hectares) 303.74 hectares
Population 496
Male Population 279
Female Population 217
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 778
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kakra compares

By the 2011 count Kakra is the 57th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 781 residents. Its 303.74 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Kakra

Kakra is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kakra as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Kakra from other places

Kakra lies about 82 km from Panna, and the nearest railway station is Ratangaon, about 30 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 Kakra
Nearest town Hatta 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Raipura 27 km
Nearest railway station Ratangaon 30 km
District headquarters Panna 82 km

Villages closest to Kakra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kakra village had a population of 496. That makes it the 57th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 781 residents.

Kakra village has 279 males and 217 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kakra has about 778 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Kakra covers 303.74 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.

Kakra falls under Raipura tehsil of Panna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kakra is Ratangaon, about 30 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 5 - 10 km distance for Kakra.

Kakra is about 82 km from Panna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kakra is in Raipura tehsil of Panna district. Hatta is about 20 km away. Raipura is about 27 km away. Ratangaon is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Biharwara (under 2 km), Chandna (1.5 km) and Arjunpura (2.1 km).

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

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