About Sarkhadi Village

Sarkhadi is a small village in Silwani tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 251, made up of 139 males and 112 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 806 females per 1000 males. The village covers 459.09 hectares hectares.

Sarkhadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sarkhadi village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Tehsil	Silwani
Area (hectares)	459.09 hectares
Population	251
Male Population	139
Female Population	112
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	806
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sarkhadi compares

By the 2011 count Sarkhadi is the 173rd largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 576 residents. Its 459.09 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 920.

Getting to Sarkhadi

Sarkhadi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sarkhadi as Available within 5 - 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 Sarkhadi from other places

Sarkhadi lies about 76 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Ratona, about 37 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 Sarkhadi
Nearest town	Begamganj	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Silwani	28 km
Nearest railway station	Ratona	37 km
District headquarters	Raisen	76 km

Villages closest to Sarkhadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sarkhadi village had a population of 251. That makes it the 173rd largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 576 residents.

Sarkhadi village has 139 males and 112 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sarkhadi has about 806 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 920.

Sarkhadi covers 459.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sarkhadi falls under Silwani tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sarkhadi is Ratona, about 37 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sarkhadi.

Sarkhadi is about 76 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sarkhadi is in Silwani tehsil of Raisen district. Begamganj is about 16 km away. Silwani is about 28 km away. Ratona is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.