About Karkhed Village

Karkhed is a mid sized village in Umarkhed tehsil, in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,333, made up of 686 males and 647 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 380 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 445206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karkhed Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karkhed village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Yavatmal
Tehsil	Umarkhed
Pincode	445206
Area (hectares)	380 hectares
Population	1,333
Male Population	686
Female Population	647
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	943
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karkhed compares

By the 2011 count Karkhed is the 57th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,695 residents. Its 380 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Karkhed

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

Karkhed lies about 112 km from Yavatmal, and the nearest railway station is Jawalgaon (Deccan), 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 Karkhed
Nearest town	Hadgāon	6.3 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalgaon (Deccan)	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Umarkhed	15 km
District headquarters	Yavatmal	112 km

Villages closest to Karkhed

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karkhed village had a population of 1,333. That makes it the 57th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,695 residents.

Karkhed village has 686 males and 647 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkhed has about 943 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Karkhed is 445206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karkhed covers 380 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karkhed falls under Umarkhed tehsil of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Karkhed is Jawalgaon (Deccan), 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Karkhed.

Karkhed is about 112 km from Yavatmal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karkhed is in Umarkhed tehsil of Yavatmal district. Hadgāon is about 6.3 km away. Jawalgaon (Deccan) is about 12 km away. Umarkhed is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.