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About Nerkheda Village

Nerkheda is a mid sized village in Vijaypur tehsil, in the district of Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,098, made up of 585 males and 513 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 477 hectares hectares.

Nerkheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nerkheda village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sheopur
Tehsil Vijaypur
Area (hectares) 477 hectares
Population 1,098
Male Population 585
Female Population 513
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 877
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Nerkheda compares

By the 2011 count Nerkheda is the 39th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents. Its 477 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, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 846.

Getting to Nerkheda

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

Nerkheda lies about 89 km from Sheopur, and the nearest railway station is Parakheda, about 18 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 Nerkheda
Nearest railway station Parakheda 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Vijaypur 30 km
Nearest town Sabalgarh 47 km
District headquarters Sheopur 89 km

Villages closest to Nerkheda

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.

Common questions about Nerkheda

As per the Census of India 2011, Nerkheda village had a population of 1,098. That makes it the 39th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents.

Nerkheda village has 585 males and 513 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nerkheda has about 877 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.

Nerkheda covers 477 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Nerkheda is Parakheda, about 18 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 village for Nerkheda.

Nerkheda is about 89 km from Sheopur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nerkheda is in Vijaypur tehsil of Sheopur district. Parakheda is about 18 km away. Vijaypur is about 30 km away. Sabalgarh is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sehula (under 2 km), Khurka (2.4 km) and Binega (2.6 km).

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

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