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About Amkhedi Village

Amkhedi is a small village in Ashta tehsil, in the district of Sehore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 253, made up of 135 males and 118 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 648.91 hectares hectares.

Amkhedi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amkhedi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sehore
Tehsil Ashta
Area (hectares) 648.91 hectares
Population 253
Male Population 135
Female Population 118
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 874
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Amkhedi compares

By the 2011 count Amkhedi is the 160th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,025 residents. Its 648.91 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 914.

Getting to Amkhedi

Amkhedi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Amkhedi as Available within 5 - 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 Amkhedi from other places

Amkhedi lies about 51 km from Sehore, and the nearest railway station is Jabri, about 52 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 Amkhedi
Tehsil headquarters Ashta 20 km
District headquarters Sehore 51 km
Nearest railway station Jabri 52 km

Villages closest to Amkhedi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amkhedi village had a population of 253. That makes it the 160th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,025 residents.

Amkhedi village has 135 males and 118 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amkhedi has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 914.

Amkhedi covers 648.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Amkhedi falls under Ashta tehsil of Sehore district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Amkhedi is Jabri, about 52 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Amkhedi.

Amkhedi is about 51 km from Sehore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amkhedi is in Ashta tehsil of Sehore district. Ashta is about 20 km away. Sehore is about 51 km away. Jabri is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barkhedi (under 2 km), Jssupura (1.7 km) and Manirampura (2.1 km).

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

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