About Bhikanpur Village

Bhikanpur is a mid sized village in Sarangpur tehsil, in the district of Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 537, made up of 264 males and 273 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,034 females per 1000 males. The village covers 396.34 hectares hectares.

Bhikanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhikanpur village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Rajgarh
Tehsil	Sarangpur
Area (hectares)	396.34 hectares
Population	537
Male Population	264
Female Population	273
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,034
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bhikanpur compares

By the 2011 count Bhikanpur is the 102nd largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,101 residents. Its 396.34 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Bhikanpur

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

Bhikanpur lies about 39 km from Rajgarh, and the nearest railway station is Paranamau, 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 Bhikanpur
Nearest railway station	Paranamau	23 km
Nearest town	Jirapur	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sarangpur	26 km
District headquarters	Rajgarh	39 km

Villages closest to Bhikanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhikanpur village had a population of 537. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,101 residents.

Bhikanpur village has 264 males and 273 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhikanpur has about 1034 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

Bhikanpur covers 396.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bhikanpur falls under Sarangpur tehsil of Rajgarh district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bhikanpur is Paranamau, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bhikanpur.

Bhikanpur is about 39 km from Rajgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhikanpur is in Sarangpur tehsil of Rajgarh district. Paranamau is about 23 km away. Jirapur is about 25 km away. Sarangpur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.