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About Amkheda Village

Amkheda is a mid sized village in Badarwas tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 684, made up of 362 males and 322 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 361.98 hectares hectares.

Amkheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amkheda village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shivpuri
Tehsil Badarwas
Area (hectares) 361.98 hectares
Population 684
Male Population 362
Female Population 322
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 890
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Amkheda compares

By the 2011 count Amkheda is the 93rd largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 361.98 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 909.

Getting to Amkheda

Amkheda is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Amkheda 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 Amkheda from other places

Amkheda lies about 68 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Rayser Jagir, about 12 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 Amkheda
Nearest railway station Rayser Jagir 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Badarwas 18 km
Nearest town Ashoknagar 30 km
District headquarters Shivpuri 68 km

Villages closest to Amkheda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amkheda village had a population of 684. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Amkheda village has 362 males and 322 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amkheda has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 909.

Amkheda covers 361.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Amkheda falls under Badarwas tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Amkheda is Rayser Jagir, about 12 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 Amkheda.

Amkheda is about 68 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amkheda is in Badarwas tehsil of Shivpuri district. Rayser Jagir is about 12 km away. Badarwas is about 18 km away. Ashoknagar is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kanera Chhapar (4.1 km), Renjhaghat (8.5 km) and Bakaspur (10 km).

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

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