About Khurka Village

Khurka is a mid sized village in Vijaypur tehsil, in the district of Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 698, made up of 371 males and 327 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 633 hectares hectares.

Khurka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khurka village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Sheopur
Tehsil	Vijaypur
Area (hectares)	633 hectares
Population	698
Male Population	371
Female Population	327
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khurka compares

By the 2011 count Khurka is the 55th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents. Its 633 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 846.

Getting to Khurka

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

Khurka lies about 90 km from Sheopur, and the nearest railway station is Parakheda, about 20 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 Khurka
Nearest railway station	Parakheda	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Vijaypur	28 km
Nearest town	Sabalgarh	45 km
District headquarters	Sheopur	90 km

Villages closest to Khurka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khurka village had a population of 698. That makes it the 55th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents.

Khurka village has 371 males and 327 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khurka has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 846.

Khurka covers 633 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khurka falls under Vijaypur tehsil of Sheopur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khurka is Parakheda, about 20 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 Khurka.

Khurka is about 90 km from Sheopur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khurka is in Vijaypur tehsil of Sheopur district. Parakheda is about 20 km away. Vijaypur is about 28 km away. Sabalgarh is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.