Village · Ashta, Sehore
# Shambhu Khedi

Shambhu Khedi is a village in Ashta sub-district of Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 677 people in 162 households, the 112th largest of 186 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.4%.
- 677 people (2011)
- 162 households
- 62.4% literacy
- 907 females per 1,000 males

## Shambhu Khedi PIN code and other codes

Shambhu Khedi falls in Ashta sub-district, Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh.
- Community development block Ashta
- Census village code 482968

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Shambhu Khedi from nearby towns?
- Ashta (sub-district HQ) 14 km by road
- Sehore (district HQ) 55 km by road
- Ashta (nearest town) 14 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Shambhu Khedi?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Shambhu Khedi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Public bus service In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school under 5 km · Seoda
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Ashta
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Sehore
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office under 5 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011) 6 h summer · 8 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Shambhu Khedi known for?

The main crops are soyabean, wheat and chana. About 86% of the 303 hectares of village land is sown, and 141 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Shambhu Khedi

Of every 100 households in Shambhu Khedi in 2011, 98 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shambhu Khedi · ■ Ashta rural average
- Electricity for lighting 98% 84%
- Toilet within the home 4% 15%
- No toilet (open defecation) 1% 84%
- Tap water 0% 8%
- Drinking water within premises 23% 9%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 97%
- Use banking services 59% 63%
- Television 24% 31%
- Mobile phone 28% 49%
- Computer with internet 1% 0%
- Two-wheeler 18% 19%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 2%
- None of these assets 0% 29%
- Own their home 100% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Shambhu Khedi?

■ Shambhu Khedi · ■ Ashta rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 62.4% 67.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 907 927
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 776 898
- Working population 55.1% 52.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.4% for men and 44.0% for women. 54% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 123 (33%) · ■ Farm labourers 22 (6%) · ■ Household industry 2 (1%) · ■ Other work 107 (29%) · ■ Marginal 119 (32%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Ashta
- Bhil Khedi 696 people
- Godi 693 people
- Lakhmipur 692 people
- Tanda 686 people
- Mundi Khedi 663 people
- Sanga Khedi 660 people
- Morukhedi 658 people
- Navrangpur 653 people

All 195 villages in Ashta

## Quick answers
- How far is Shambhu Khedi from Sehore? 55 km by road
- What is the population of Shambhu Khedi? 677 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shambhu Khedi in? Sehore district (Ashta sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shambhu Khedi? 62.4% (Census 2011)

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