About Sankheda Village

Sankheda is a mid sized village in Badi tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 864, made up of 449 males and 415 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 924 females per 1000 males. The village covers 832.04 hectares hectares.

Sankheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sankheda village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Tehsil	Badi
Area (hectares)	832.04 hectares
Population	864
Male Population	449
Female Population	415
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	924
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sankheda compares

By the 2011 count Sankheda is the 36th largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 807 residents. Its 832.04 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 902.

Getting to Sankheda

Sankheda is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sankheda as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Sankheda from other places

Sankheda lies about 64 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Sohagpur, about 19 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 Sankheda
Nearest town	Sohāgpur	18 km
Nearest railway station	Sohagpur	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Badi	21 km
District headquarters	Raisen	64 km

Villages closest to Sankheda

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

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Common questions about Sankheda

As per the Census of India 2011, Sankheda village had a population of 864. That makes it the 36th largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 807 residents.

Sankheda village has 449 males and 415 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sankheda has about 924 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 902.

Sankheda covers 832.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sankheda falls under Badi tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sankheda is Sohagpur, about 19 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 10+ km distance for Sankheda.

Sankheda is about 64 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sankheda is in Badi tehsil of Raisen district. Sohāgpur is about 18 km away. Sohagpur is about 19 km away. Badi is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.