About Yerkheda Village

Yerkheda is a mid sized village in Chimur tehsil, in the district of Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 718, made up of 376 males and 342 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 216.22 hectares hectares.

Yerkheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yerkheda village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Chandrapur
Tehsil	Chimur
Area (hectares)	216.22 hectares
Population	718
Male Population	376
Female Population	342
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	910
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Yerkheda compares

By the 2011 count Yerkheda is the 65th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,013 residents. Its 216.22 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Yerkheda

Yerkheda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Yerkheda as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Yerkheda from other places

Yerkheda lies about 69 km from Chandrapur, and the nearest railway station is Tempa, about 25 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 Yerkheda
Tehsil headquarters	Chimur	8.3 km
Nearest railway station	Tempa	25 km
Nearest town	Umred	33 km
District headquarters	Chandrapur	69 km

Villages closest to Yerkheda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Yerkheda village had a population of 718. That makes it the 65th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,013 residents.

Yerkheda village has 376 males and 342 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yerkheda has about 910 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 964.

Yerkheda covers 216.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Yerkheda falls under Chimur tehsil of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Yerkheda is Tempa, about 25 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 5 - 10 km distance for Yerkheda.

Yerkheda is about 69 km from Chandrapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yerkheda is in Chimur tehsil of Chandrapur district. Chimur is about 8.3 km away. Tempa is about 25 km away. Umred is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.