About Jakhda Village

Jakhda is a mid sized village in Karahal tehsil, in the district of Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,418, made up of 756 males and 662 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 679 hectares hectares.

Jakhda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jakhda village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Sheopur
Tehsil	Karahal
Area (hectares)	679 hectares
Population	1,418
Male Population	756
Female Population	662
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	876
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jakhda compares

By the 2011 count Jakhda is the 20th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,108 residents. Its 679 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 914.

Getting to Jakhda

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

Jakhda lies about 36 km from Sheopur, and the nearest railway station is Sheopur Kalan, about 36 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 Jakhda
Tehsil headquarters	Karahal	14 km
Nearest railway station	Sheopur Kalan	36 km
District headquarters	Sheopur	36 km

Villages closest to Jakhda

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

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Common questions about Jakhda

As per the Census of India 2011, Jakhda village had a population of 1,418. That makes it the 20th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,108 residents.

Jakhda village has 756 males and 662 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jakhda has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 914.

Jakhda covers 679 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jakhda falls under Karahal tehsil of Sheopur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jakhda is Sheopur Kalan, about 36 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Jakhda.

Jakhda is about 36 km from Sheopur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jakhda is in Karahal tehsil of Sheopur district. Karahal is about 14 km away. Sheopur Kalan is about 36 km away. Sheopur is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.