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About Khedka Village

Khedka is a mid sized village in Dhanaura tehsil, in the district of Jyotiba Phule Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,653, made up of 883 males and 770 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 228.04 hectares hectares.

Khedka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khedka village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jyotiba Phule Nagar
Tehsil Dhanaura
Area (hectares) 228.04 hectares
Population 1,653
Male Population 883
Female Population 770
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 872
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khedka compares

By the 2011 count Khedka is the 70th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,225 residents. Its 228.04 hectares work out to about 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 900.

Getting to Khedka

Khedka is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khedka as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Khedka from other places

Khedka lies about 12 km from Jyotiba Phule Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Mandi Dhanaura, about 11 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 Khedka
Nearest railway station Mandi Dhanaura 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhanaura 11 km
District headquarters Jyotiba Phule Nagar 12 km

Villages closest to Khedka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khedka village had a population of 1,653. That makes it the 70th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,225 residents.

Khedka village has 883 males and 770 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khedka has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 900.

Khedka covers 228.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khedka falls under Dhanaura tehsil of Jyotiba Phule Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khedka is Mandi Dhanaura, about 11 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 village for Khedka.

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

Khedka is in Dhanaura tehsil of Jyotiba Phule Nagar district. Mandi Dhanaura is about 11 km away. Dhanaura is about 11 km away. Jyotiba Phule Nagar 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 Kasamsarai (under 2 km), Sarai Kajee (under 2 km) and Daulatpur Bhur Shumali (under 2 km).

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

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