# Kekda Village, Amarwara, Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Amarwara, Chhindwara 

# Kekda

Kekda is a village in Amarwara sub-district of Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,360 people in 279 households**, the 27th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.7%.

- 1,360people (2011)
- 279households
- 71.2%literacy
- 994females per 1,000 males

## Kekda PIN code and other codes

Kekda falls in Amarwara sub-district, Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockAmarwara
- Census village code493993

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Kekda from nearby towns?

- Amarwara (sub-district HQ)22 km by road
- Chhindwara (district HQ)62 km by road
- Amarwara (nearest town)22 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Kekda?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Kekda; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Khireti
- ○Degree college10+ km · Amarwara
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chhindwara
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 10 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kekda known for?

The main crops are **soyabean, wheat and pea**. About 62% of the 1,046 hectares of village land is sown, and 246 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Kekda

Of every 100 households in Kekda in 2011, 70 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kekda · ■ Amarwara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**66%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**92%

Tap water ****54%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****44%**

**54%

Television ****9%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**19%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****62%**

**51%

Own their home ****82%**

**94%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Kekda?

■ Kekda · ■ Amarwara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.2%**

**64.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****994**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****990**

**970

Working population ****53.3%**

**51.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.5% for men and 56.9% for women. 56% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 224 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 234 (32%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 29 (4%) · **■** Marginal 230 (32%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Amarwara

- Lakhanwada1,488 people
- Umariya1,488 people
- Patniya1,458 people
- Khami Hira1,430 people
- Richheda1,303 people
- Karbdol1,299 people
- Chhuwadei1,277 people
- Khami1,266 people

[All 150 villages in Amarwara](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/chhindwara/amarwara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kekda from Chhindwara?62 km by road
- What is the population of Kekda?1,360 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kekda in?Chhindwara district (Amarwara sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kekda?71.2% (Census 2011)