About Amkheda Village

Amkheda is a mid sized village in Gairatganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,014, made up of 514 males and 500 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 806.24 hectares hectares.

Amkheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amkheda village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Tehsil	Gairatganj
Area (hectares)	806.24 hectares
Population	1,014
Male Population	514
Female Population	500
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	973
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Amkheda compares

By the 2011 count Amkheda is the 18th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 655 residents. Its 806.24 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 892.

Getting to Amkheda

Amkheda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Amkheda as Available within village. 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 Amkheda from other places

Amkheda lies about 33 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Sorai, about 23 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 Amkheda
Tehsil headquarters	Gairatganj	18 km
Nearest railway station	Sorai	23 km
Nearest town	Vidisha	26 km
District headquarters	Raisen	33 km

Villages closest to Amkheda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amkheda village had a population of 1,014. That makes it the 18th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 655 residents.

Amkheda village has 514 males and 500 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amkheda has about 973 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 892.

Amkheda covers 806.24 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.

Amkheda falls under Gairatganj tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Amkheda is Sorai, about 23 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Amkheda.

Amkheda is about 33 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amkheda is in Gairatganj tehsil of Raisen district. Gairatganj is about 18 km away. Sorai is about 23 km away. Vidisha is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.