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About Alka Kheda Village

Alka Kheda is a mid sized village in Sailana tehsil, in the district of Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,092, made up of 541 males and 551 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 432.99 hectares hectares.

Alka Kheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alka Kheda village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ratlam
Tehsil Sailana
Area (hectares) 432.99 hectares
Population 1,092
Male Population 541
Female Population 551
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,018
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Alka Kheda compares

By the 2011 count Alka Kheda is the 20th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 509 residents. Its 432.99 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Alka Kheda

Alka Kheda is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Alka Kheda as Available within 10+ 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 Alka Kheda from other places

Alka Kheda lies about 20 km from Ratlam, and the nearest railway station is Bildi, about 16 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 Alka Kheda
Tehsil headquarters Sailana 15 km
Nearest railway station Bildi 16 km
District headquarters Ratlam 20 km
Nearest town Ratlām 20 km

Villages closest to Alka Kheda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sailana 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 Alka Kheda

As per the Census of India 2011, Alka Kheda village had a population of 1,092. That makes it the 20th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 509 residents.

Alka Kheda village has 541 males and 551 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alka Kheda has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1000.

Alka Kheda covers 432.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Alka Kheda falls under Sailana tehsil of Ratlam district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Alka Kheda is Bildi, about 16 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 10+ km distance for Alka Kheda.

Alka Kheda is about 20 km from Ratlam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alka Kheda is in Sailana tehsil of Ratlam district. Sailana is about 15 km away. Bildi is about 16 km away. Ratlam is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Batli Kheda (under 2 km), Bavadi Kheda Kalan (under 2 km) and Borka Kheda (under 2 km).

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

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