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About Kanya Khedi Village

Kanya Khedi is a mid sized village in Jawar tehsil, in the district of Sehore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 690, made up of 365 males and 325 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 415.02 hectares hectares.

Kanya Khedi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanya Khedi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sehore
Tehsil Jawar
Area (hectares) 415.02 hectares
Population 690
Male Population 365
Female Population 325
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 890
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanya Khedi compares

By the 2011 count Kanya Khedi is the 55th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,044 residents. Its 415.02 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 952.

Getting to Kanya Khedi

Kanya Khedi is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Kanya Khedi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Kanya Khedi from other places

Kanya Khedi lies about 51 km from Sehore, and the nearest railway station is Akodia, about 35 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 Kanya Khedi
Tehsil headquarters Jawar 12 km
Nearest town Ashta 13 km
Nearest railway station Akodia 35 km
District headquarters Sehore 51 km

Villages closest to Kanya Khedi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanya Khedi village had a population of 690. That makes it the 55th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,044 residents.

Kanya Khedi village has 365 males and 325 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanya Khedi has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Kanya Khedi covers 415.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kanya Khedi falls under Jawar tehsil of Sehore district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kanya Khedi is Akodia, about 35 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 <5 km distance for Kanya Khedi.

Kanya Khedi 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.

Kanya Khedi is in Jawar tehsil of Sehore district. Jawar is about 12 km away. Ashta is about 13 km away. Akodia is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Harniyagaon (1.6 km), Kalyanpura (2.5 km) and Chamsi (3.0 km).

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

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