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About Menkhat Village

Menkhat is a small village in Samudrapur tehsil, in the district of Wardha, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 378, made up of 202 males and 176 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 428.71 hectares hectares.

Menkhat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Menkhat village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Wardha
Tehsil Samudrapur
Area (hectares) 428.71 hectares
Population 378
Male Population 202
Female Population 176
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 871
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Menkhat compares

By the 2011 count Menkhat is the 97th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 724 residents. Its 428.71 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Menkhat

Menkhat is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Menkhat as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Menkhat from other places

Menkhat lies about 34 km from Wardha, and the nearest railway station is Hinganghat, about 12 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 Menkhat
Tehsil headquarters Samudrapur 6.8 km
Nearest town Hinganghāt 11 km
Nearest railway station Hinganghat 12 km
District headquarters Wardha 34 km

Villages closest to Menkhat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Menkhat village had a population of 378. That makes it the 97th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 724 residents.

Menkhat village has 202 males and 176 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Menkhat has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Menkhat covers 428.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Menkhat falls under Samudrapur tehsil of Wardha district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Menkhat is Hinganghat, about 12 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Menkhat.

Menkhat is about 34 km from Wardha in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Menkhat is in Samudrapur tehsil of Wardha district. Samudrapur is about 6.8 km away. Hinganghāt is about 11 km away. Hinganghat is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Karda (under 2 km), Mangaon (1.6 km) and Ganeshpur (1.7 km).

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

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