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About Purakher Khedi Village

Purakher Khedi is a small village in Khilchipur tehsil, in the district of Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 252, made up of 126 males and 126 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 223.92 hectares hectares.

Purakher Khedi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purakher Khedi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Rajgarh
Tehsil Khilchipur
Area (hectares) 223.92 hectares
Population 252
Male Population 126
Female Population 126
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Purakher Khedi compares

By the 2011 count Purakher Khedi is the 186th largest of the 282 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 531 residents. Its 223.92 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Purakher Khedi

Purakher Khedi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Purakher Khedi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Purakher Khedi from other places

Purakher Khedi lies about 22 km from Rajgarh, and the nearest railway station is Karanwas, about 40 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 Purakher Khedi
Tehsil headquarters Khilchipur 6.2 km
Nearest town Jirapur 15 km
District headquarters Rajgarh 22 km
Nearest railway station Karanwas 40 km

Villages closest to Purakher Khedi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khilchipur 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 Purakher Khedi

As per the Census of India 2011, Purakher Khedi village had a population of 252. That makes it the 186th largest of the 282 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 531 residents.

Purakher Khedi village has 126 males and 126 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purakher Khedi has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 973.

Purakher Khedi covers 223.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Purakher Khedi falls under Khilchipur tehsil of Rajgarh district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Purakher Khedi is Karanwas, about 40 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 village for Purakher Khedi.

Purakher Khedi is about 22 km from Rajgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purakher Khedi is in Khilchipur tehsil of Rajgarh district. Khilchipur is about 6.2 km away. Jirapur is about 15 km away. Rajgarh is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ank Khedi (under 2 km), Bamanya Khedi (under 2 km) and Khedi (under 2 km).

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

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