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About Banikhedi Village

Banikhedi is a small village in Piploda tehsil, in the district of Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 446, made up of 238 males and 208 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 494.67 hectares hectares.

Banikhedi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banikhedi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ratlam
Tehsil Piploda
Area (hectares) 494.67 hectares
Population 446
Male Population 238
Female Population 208
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 874
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banikhedi compares

By the 2011 count Banikhedi is the 78th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,445 residents. Its 494.67 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 973.

Getting to Banikhedi

Banikhedi is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Banikhedi as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Banikhedi from other places

Banikhedi lies about 38 km from Ratlam, and the nearest railway station is Mundalaram, about 15 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 Banikhedi
Tehsil headquarters Piploda 6.4 km
Nearest railway station Mundalaram 15 km
Nearest town Jaora 17 km
District headquarters Ratlam 38 km

Villages closest to Banikhedi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banikhedi village had a population of 446. That makes it the 78th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,445 residents.

Banikhedi village has 238 males and 208 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banikhedi has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 973.

Banikhedi covers 494.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banikhedi falls under Piploda tehsil of Ratlam district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banikhedi is Mundalaram, about 15 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Banikhedi.

Banikhedi is about 38 km from Ratlam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banikhedi is in Piploda tehsil of Ratlam district. Piploda is about 6.4 km away. Mundalaram is about 15 km away. Jaora is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kabul Khedi (1.5 km), Dhamedi (2.1 km) and Sukheda (2.1 km).

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

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