About Behata Village

Behata is a mid sized village in Vijaypur tehsil, in the district of Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 655, made up of 345 males and 310 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 125 hectares hectares.

Behata Overview

Census 2011 figures for Behata village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Sheopur
Tehsil	Vijaypur
Area (hectares)	125 hectares
Population	655
Male Population	345
Female Population	310
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Behata compares

By the 2011 count Behata is the 58th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents. Its 125 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is well above the tehsil average of 846.

Getting to Behata

Behata is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Behata as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Behata from other places

Behata lies about 91 km from Sheopur, and the nearest railway station is Mohana, 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 Behata
Nearest railway station	Mohana	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Vijaypur	26 km
Nearest town	Sabalgarh	42 km
District headquarters	Sheopur	91 km

Villages closest to Behata

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 Behata

As per the Census of India 2011, Behata village had a population of 655. That makes it the 58th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents.

Behata village has 345 males and 310 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Behata has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is well above the tehsil average of 846.

Behata covers 125 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Behata is Mohana, about 20 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Behata.

Behata is about 91 km from Sheopur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Behata is in Vijaypur tehsil of Sheopur district. Mohana is about 20 km away. Vijaypur is about 26 km away. Sabalgarh is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.