About Pelkhu Village

Pelkhu is a large village in Chhata tehsil, in the district of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,412, made up of 1,873 males and 1,539 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 822 females per 1000 males. The village covers 794.23 hectares hectares.

Pelkhu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pelkhu village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Mathura
Tehsil	Chhata
Area (hectares)	794.23 hectares
Population	3,412
Male Population	1,873
Female Population	1,539
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	822
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Pelkhu compares

By the 2011 count Pelkhu is the 42nd largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,724 residents. Its 794.23 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 856.

Getting to Pelkhu

Pelkhu is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Pelkhu 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Pelkhu from other places

Pelkhu lies about 18 km from Mathura, and the nearest railway station is Radhakund, about 5.2 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 Pelkhu
Nearest railway station	Radhakund	5.2 km
Nearest town	Govardhan	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chhata	15 km
District headquarters	Mathura	18 km

Villages closest to Pelkhu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pelkhu village had a population of 3,412. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,724 residents.

Pelkhu village has 1,873 males and 1,539 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pelkhu has about 822 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 856.

Pelkhu covers 794.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pelkhu falls under Chhata tehsil of Mathura district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Pelkhu is Radhakund, about 5.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Pelkhu.

Pelkhu is about 18 km from Mathura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pelkhu is in Chhata tehsil of Mathura district. Radhakund is about 5.2 km away. Govardhan is about 11 km away. Chhata is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.