About Behtara Village

Behtara is a small village in Kolaras tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 440, made up of 245 males and 195 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 796 females per 1000 males. The village covers 323.56 hectares hectares.

Behtara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Behtara village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shivpuri
Tehsil	Kolaras
Area (hectares)	323.56 hectares
Population	440
Male Population	245
Female Population	195
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	796
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Behtara compares

By the 2011 count Behtara is the 124th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 758 residents. Its 323.56 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 869.

Getting to Behtara

Behtara is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Behtara as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Behtara from other places

Behtara lies about 27 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Kolaras, about 5.7 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 Behtara
Nearest railway station	Kolaras	5.7 km
District headquarters	Shivpuri	27 km

Villages closest to Behtara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Behtara village had a population of 440. That makes it the 124th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 758 residents.

Behtara village has 245 males and 195 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Behtara has about 796 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 869.

Behtara covers 323.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Behtara falls under Kolaras tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Behtara is Kolaras, about 5.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Behtara.

Behtara is about 27 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Behtara is in Kolaras tehsil of Shivpuri district. Kolaras is about 5.7 km away. Shivpuri is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.