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About Karkheli Village

Karkheli is a large village in Dharmabad tehsil, in the district of Nanded, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,675, made up of 2,378 males and 2,297 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 966 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1457 hectares hectares.

Karkheli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karkheli village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Nanded
Tehsil Dharmabad
Area (hectares) 1457 hectares
Population 4,675
Male Population 2,378
Female Population 2,297
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 966
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Karkheli compares

By the 2011 count Karkheli is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,236 residents. Its 1457 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Karkheli

Karkheli is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Karkheli 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karkheli from other places

Karkheli lies about 50 km from Nanded, and the nearest railway station is Karkheli, about 1.6 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 Karkheli
Nearest railway station Karkheli 1.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Dharmabad 13 km
Nearest town Dharmābād 13 km
District headquarters Nanded 50 km

Villages closest to Karkheli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karkheli village had a population of 4,675. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,236 residents.

Karkheli village has 2,378 males and 2,297 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkheli has about 966 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 995.

Karkheli covers 1457 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karkheli falls under Dharmabad tehsil of Nanded district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Karkheli is Karkheli, about 1.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Karkheli is about 50 km from Nanded in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karkheli is in Dharmabad tehsil of Nanded district. Karkheli is about 1.6 km away. Dharmabad is about 13 km away. Dharmābād is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhanora Kh (2.5 km), Babhulgaon (3.0 km) and Hasnali (3.6 km).

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

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