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About Magarkheda Village

Magarkheda is a mid sized village in Shyampur tehsil, in the district of Sehore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,303, made up of 690 males and 613 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 570.87 hectares hectares.

Magarkheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Magarkheda village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sehore
Tehsil Shyampur
Area (hectares) 570.87 hectares
Population 1,303
Male Population 690
Female Population 613
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 888
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Magarkheda compares

By the 2011 count Magarkheda is the 31st largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,056 residents. Its 570.87 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 906.

Getting to Magarkheda

Magarkheda is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Magarkheda as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Magarkheda from other places

Magarkheda lies about 48 km from Sehore, and the nearest railway station is Shujalpur, 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 Magarkheda
Tehsil headquarters Shyampur 7.5 km
Nearest town Shujālpur 13 km
Nearest railway station Shujalpur 16 km
District headquarters Sehore 48 km

Villages closest to Magarkheda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Magarkheda village had a population of 1,303. That makes it the 31st largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,056 residents.

Magarkheda village has 690 males and 613 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Magarkheda has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 906.

Magarkheda covers 570.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Magarkheda falls under Shyampur tehsil of Sehore district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Magarkheda is Shujalpur, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Magarkheda.

Magarkheda is about 48 km from Sehore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Magarkheda is in Shyampur tehsil of Sehore district. Shyampur is about 7.5 km away. Shujālpur is about 13 km away. Shujalpur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bankheda (under 2 km), Barkheda Deva (under 2 km) and Barkheda Hasan (under 2 km).

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

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