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About Khokar Village

Khokar is a mid sized village in Kolaras tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,178, made up of 630 males and 548 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 479.1 hectares hectares.

Khokar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khokar village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shivpuri
Tehsil Kolaras
Area (hectares) 479.1 hectares
Population 1,178
Male Population 630
Female Population 548
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 870
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Khokar compares

By the 2011 count Khokar is the 28th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 758 residents. Its 479.1 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 869.

Getting to Khokar

Khokar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khokar as Available within 5 - 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 within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khokar from other places

Khokar lies about 14 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Khonker, about under 2 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 Khokar
Nearest railway station Khonker under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Kolaras 10 km
District headquarters Shivpuri 14 km

Villages closest to Khokar

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.

Common questions about Khokar

As per the Census of India 2011, Khokar village had a population of 1,178. That makes it the 28th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 758 residents.

Khokar village has 630 males and 548 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khokar has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 869.

Khokar covers 479.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Khokar is Khonker, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Khokar is about 14 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khokar is in Kolaras tehsil of Shivpuri district. Khonker is about under 2 km away. Kolaras is about 10 km away. Shivpuri is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Niwoda (2.7 km), Madi Kheda (3.9 km) and Kulwara (3.9 km).

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

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