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About Khatka Village

Khatka is a mid sized village in Pohri tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,442, made up of 785 males and 657 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 837 females per 1000 males. The village covers 403.77 hectares hectares.

Khatka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khatka village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shivpuri
Tehsil Pohri
Area (hectares) 403.77 hectares
Population 1,442
Male Population 785
Female Population 657
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 837
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Khatka compares

By the 2011 count Khatka is the 32nd largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 878 residents. Its 403.77 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 875.

Getting to Khatka

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

Khatka lies about 34 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Parakheda, about 5.9 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 Khatka
Nearest railway station Parakheda 5.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Pohri 30 km
District headquarters Shivpuri 34 km

Villages closest to Khatka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khatka village had a population of 1,442. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 878 residents.

Khatka village has 785 males and 657 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khatka has about 837 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 875.

Khatka covers 403.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khatka falls under Pohri tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khatka is Parakheda, about 5.9 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 Khatka.

Khatka is about 34 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khatka is in Pohri tehsil of Shivpuri district. Parakheda is about 5.9 km away. Pohri is about 30 km away. Shivpuri is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ahilyapur (under 2 km), Abadpur (2.0 km) and Patewari (2.4 km).

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

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