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About Shakkar Khedi Village

Shakkar Khedi is a mid sized village in Jaora tehsil, in the district of Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 910, made up of 477 males and 433 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 475.7 hectares hectares.

Shakkar Khedi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shakkar Khedi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ratlam
Tehsil Jaora
Area (hectares) 475.7 hectares
Population 910
Male Population 477
Female Population 433
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 908
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Shakkar Khedi compares

By the 2011 count Shakkar Khedi is the 69th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,105 residents. Its 475.7 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Shakkar Khedi

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

Shakkar Khedi lies about 41 km from Ratlam, and the nearest railway station is Mundalaram, about 7.1 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 Shakkar Khedi
Nearest railway station Mundalaram 7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Jaora 11 km
District headquarters Ratlam 41 km

Villages closest to Shakkar Khedi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shakkar Khedi village had a population of 910. That makes it the 69th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,105 residents.

Shakkar Khedi village has 477 males and 433 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shakkar Khedi has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Shakkar Khedi covers 475.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shakkar Khedi falls under Jaora tehsil of Ratlam district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shakkar Khedi is Mundalaram, about 7.1 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 village for Shakkar Khedi.

Shakkar Khedi is about 41 km from Ratlam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shakkar Khedi is in Jaora tehsil of Ratlam district. Mundalaram is about 7.1 km away. Jaora is about 11 km away. Ratlam is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rasulpura (3.6 km), Mundla Ram (4.0 km) and Duda Khedi (4.8 km).

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

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