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About Pilakhini Village

Pilakhini is a mid sized village in Karwi tehsil, in the district of Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,159, made up of 616 males and 543 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 239.43 hectares hectares.

Pilakhini Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pilakhini village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Chitrakoot
Tehsil Karwi
Area (hectares) 239.43 hectares
Population 1,159
Male Population 616
Female Population 543
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 881
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 Pilakhini compares

By the 2011 count Pilakhini is the 199th largest of the 386 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,622 residents. Its 239.43 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 878.

Getting to Pilakhini

Pilakhini is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Pilakhini 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 Pilakhini from other places

Pilakhini lies about 24 km from Chitrakoot, and the nearest railway station is Chitrakut Dham Karwi, about 24 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 Pilakhini
Nearest railway station Chitrakut Dham Karwi 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Karwi 24 km
District headquarters Chitrakoot 24 km
Nearest town Chitrakoot Dham 24 km

Villages closest to Pilakhini

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pilakhini village had a population of 1,159. That makes it the 199th largest of the 386 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,622 residents.

Pilakhini village has 616 males and 543 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pilakhini has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 878.

Pilakhini covers 239.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pilakhini falls under Karwi tehsil of Chitrakoot district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Pilakhini is Chitrakut Dham Karwi, about 24 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 Pilakhini.

Pilakhini is about 24 km from Chitrakoot in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pilakhini is in Karwi tehsil of Chitrakoot district. Chitrakut Dham Karwi is about 24 km away. Karwi is about 24 km away. Chitrakoot is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Baihar (under 2 km), Basahar (under 2 km) and Gahora Pahi (2.2 km).

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

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