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About Yerkheda Village

Yerkheda is a mid sized village in Warora tehsil, in the district of Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 828, made up of 432 males and 396 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 660.4 hectares hectares.

Yerkheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yerkheda village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Chandrapur
Tehsil Warora
Area (hectares) 660.4 hectares
Population 828
Male Population 432
Female Population 396
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 917
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Yerkheda compares

By the 2011 count Yerkheda is the 56th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 852 residents. Its 660.4 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 944.

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 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 60 km from Chandrapur, and the nearest railway station is Chikni Road, 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
Nearest railway station Chikni Road 25 km
Tehsil headquarters Warora 31 km
District headquarters Chandrapur 60 km

Villages closest to Yerkheda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Yerkheda village had a population of 828. That makes it the 56th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 852 residents.

Yerkheda village has 432 males and 396 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yerkheda has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 944.

Yerkheda covers 660.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Yerkheda falls under Warora tehsil of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Yerkheda is Chikni Road, 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 10+ km distance for Yerkheda.

Yerkheda is about 60 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 Warora tehsil of Chandrapur district. Chikni Road is about 25 km away. Warora is about 31 km away. Chandrapur is about 60 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khekadapur (2.7 km), Abamakta (3.4 km) and Girola (4.1 km).

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

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