# Amkhedi Village, Babai, Hoshangabad (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Babai, Hoshangabad 

# Amkhedi

Amkhedi is a village in Babai sub-district of Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **183 people in 38 households**, the 101st largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 183people (2011)
- 38households
- 78.6%literacy
- 1,033females per 1,000 males

## Amkhedi PIN code and other codes

Amkhedi falls in Babai sub-district, Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockBabai
- Census village code487565

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

## How far is Amkhedi from nearby towns?

- Babai (sub-district HQ)16 km by road
- Hoshangabad (district HQ)40 km by road
- Babai (nearest town)16 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 Amkhedi?

3 services counted by the Census are inside Amkhedi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Babai
- ○Degree college10+ km · Babai
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hoshangabad
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 6 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 Amkhedi known for?

The main crops are **soyabean, wheat and chana**. About 80% of the 225 hectares of village land is sown, and 179 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 Amkhedi

Of every 100 households in Amkhedi in 2011, 86 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 28 a two-wheeler and 14 a car.

■ Amkhedi · ■ Babai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**67%

Toilet within the home ****33%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**71%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****28%**

**96%

Use banking services ****72%**

**31%

Television ****19%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****28%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****14%**

**1%

None of these assets ****50%**

**39%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Amkhedi?

■ Amkhedi · ■ Babai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.6%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1033**

**911

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1182**

**919

Working population ****51.4%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.1% for men and 66.2% for women. 57% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 87 (93%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (5%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

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 Babai

- Gajanpur239 people
- Malhanwada234 people
- Guradiyakhurd226 people
- Bhatwadi223 people
- Janakpur84 people
- Makodiya82 people
- Kansiya75 people
- Magria71 people

[All 106 villages in Babai](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/hoshangabad/babai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Amkhedi from Hoshangabad?40 km by road
- What is the population of Amkhedi?183 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amkhedi in?Hoshangabad district (Babai sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Amkhedi?78.6% (Census 2011)