About Maharkha Village

Maharkha is a mid sized village in Sakaldiha tehsil, in the district of Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,740, made up of 936 males and 804 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 139.82 hectares hectares.

Maharkha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maharkha village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Chandauli
Tehsil	Sakaldiha
Area (hectares)	139.82 hectares
Population	1,740
Male Population	936
Female Population	804
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	859
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maharkha compares

By the 2011 count Maharkha is the 145th largest of the 437 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents. Its 139.82 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Maharkha

Maharkha is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Maharkha as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Maharkha from other places

Maharkha lies about 12 km from Chandauli, and the nearest railway station is Kuchman Railway Station, about 3.7 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 Maharkha
Nearest railway station	Kuchman Railway Station	3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sakaldiha	7.7 km
Nearest town	Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar	8.8 km
District headquarters	Chandauli	12 km

Villages closest to Maharkha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maharkha village had a population of 1,740. That makes it the 145th largest of the 437 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents.

Maharkha village has 936 males and 804 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maharkha has about 859 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Maharkha covers 139.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Maharkha falls under Sakaldiha tehsil of Chandauli district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Maharkha is Kuchman Railway Station, about 3.7 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Maharkha.

Maharkha is about 12 km from Chandauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maharkha is in Sakaldiha tehsil of Chandauli district. Kuchman Railway Station is about 3.7 km away. Sakaldiha is about 7.7 km away. Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar is about 8.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.