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About Telkhar Village

Telkhar is a mid sized village in Chikhaldara tehsil, in the district of Amravati, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,045, made up of 569 males and 476 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 837 females per 1000 males. The village covers 468.22 hectares hectares.

Telkhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Telkhar village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Amravati
Tehsil Chikhaldara
Area (hectares) 468.22 hectares
Population 1,045
Male Population 569
Female Population 476
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 837
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Telkhar compares

By the 2011 count Telkhar is the 31st largest of the 155 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 718 residents. Its 468.22 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Telkhar

Telkhar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Telkhar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Telkhar from other places

Telkhar lies about 60 km from Amravati, and the nearest railway station is Pathrot, about 16 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 Telkhar
Tehsil headquarters Chikhaldara 9.5 km
Nearest railway station Pathrot 16 km
Nearest town Anjangaon 17 km
District headquarters Amravati 60 km

Villages closest to Telkhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Telkhar village had a population of 1,045. That makes it the 31st largest of the 155 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 718 residents.

Telkhar village has 569 males and 476 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Telkhar has about 837 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Telkhar covers 468.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Telkhar falls under Chikhaldara tehsil of Amravati district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Telkhar is Pathrot, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Telkhar is about 60 km from Amravati in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Telkhar is in Chikhaldara tehsil of Amravati district. Chikhaldara is about 9.5 km away. Pathrot is about 16 km away. Anjangaon is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Wadapati (1.9 km), Somwarkheda (2.4 km) and Gangadhari (3.0 km).

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

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