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About Karkhel Bk Village

Karkhel Bk is a mid sized village in Ashti tehsil, in the district of Bid, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 718, made up of 359 males and 359 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 877.04 hectares hectares.

Karkhel Bk Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karkhel Bk village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Bid
Tehsil Ashti
Area (hectares) 877.04 hectares
Population 718
Male Population 359
Female Population 359
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karkhel Bk compares

By the 2011 count Karkhel Bk is the 115th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,345 residents. Its 877.04 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 927.

Getting to Karkhel Bk

Karkhel Bk is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karkhel Bk 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 Karkhel Bk from other places

Karkhel Bk lies about 99 km from Bid, and the nearest railway station is Satuna, 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 Karkhel Bk
Nearest town Selu 12 km
Nearest railway station Satuna 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Ashti 34 km
District headquarters Bid 99 km

Villages closest to Karkhel Bk

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ashti 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 Karkhel Bk

As per the Census of India 2011, Karkhel Bk village had a population of 718. That makes it the 115th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,345 residents.

Karkhel Bk village has 359 males and 359 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkhel Bk has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 927.

Karkhel Bk covers 877.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karkhel Bk falls under Ashti tehsil of Bid district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Karkhel Bk is Satuna, 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 Karkhel Bk.

Karkhel Bk is about 99 km from Bid in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karkhel Bk is in Ashti tehsil of Bid district. Selu is about 12 km away. Satuna is about 16 km away. Ashti 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 Chikhali (under 2 km), Kanadi Kh (under 2 km) and Ghata Pimpri (7.7 km).

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

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