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About Kherkhedi Village

Kherkhedi is a small village in Sarangpur tehsil, in the district of Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 469, made up of 255 males and 214 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 839 females per 1000 males. The village covers 330.68 hectares hectares.

Kherkhedi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kherkhedi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Rajgarh
Tehsil Sarangpur
Area (hectares) 330.68 hectares
Population 469
Male Population 255
Female Population 214
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 839
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Kherkhedi compares

By the 2011 count Kherkhedi is the 113th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,101 residents. Its 330.68 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 953.

Getting to Kherkhedi

Kherkhedi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kherkhedi 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kherkhedi from other places

Kherkhedi lies about 83 km from Rajgarh, and the nearest railway station is Shajapur, about 8.1 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 Kherkhedi
Nearest town Shājāpur 6.0 km
Nearest railway station Shajapur 8.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Sarangpur 30 km
District headquarters Rajgarh 83 km

Villages closest to Kherkhedi

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.

Common questions about Kherkhedi

As per the Census of India 2011, Kherkhedi village had a population of 469. That makes it the 113th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,101 residents.

Kherkhedi village has 255 males and 214 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kherkhedi has about 839 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Kherkhedi covers 330.68 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Kherkhedi is Shajapur, about 8.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kherkhedi.

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

Kherkhedi is in Sarangpur tehsil of Rajgarh district. Shājāpur is about 6.0 km away. Shajapur is about 8.1 km away. Sarangpur is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Phoolpura (3.5 km), Chak Kalukheda (13 km) and Nihal (27 km).

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

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