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About Tekapar Kalan Village

Tekapar Kalan is a mid sized village in Begamganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 664, made up of 369 males and 295 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 799 females per 1000 males. The village covers 793.9 hectares hectares.

Tekapar Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tekapar Kalan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Raisen
Tehsil Begamganj
Area (hectares) 793.9 hectares
Population 664
Male Population 369
Female Population 295
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 799
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Tekapar Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Tekapar Kalan is the 61st largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 543 residents. Its 793.9 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 884.

Getting to Tekapar Kalan

Tekapar Kalan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Tekapar Kalan as Available within 10+ 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Tekapar Kalan from other places

Tekapar Kalan lies about 83 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Ratona, about 34 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 Tekapar Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Begamganj 22 km
Nearest railway station Ratona 34 km
District headquarters Raisen 83 km

Villages closest to Tekapar Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Begamganj 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 Tekapar Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Tekapar Kalan village had a population of 664. That makes it the 61st largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 543 residents.

Tekapar Kalan village has 369 males and 295 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tekapar Kalan has about 799 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 884.

Tekapar Kalan covers 793.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Tekapar Kalan falls under Begamganj tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Tekapar Kalan is Ratona, about 34 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 km distance for Tekapar Kalan.

Tekapar Kalan is about 83 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tekapar Kalan is in Begamganj tehsil of Raisen district. Begamganj is about 22 km away. Ratona is about 34 km away. Raisen is about 83 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Berkhedi Rajaram (1.6 km), Dungariya (2.1 km) and Markheda Gulab (2.5 km).

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

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