# Gelakhedi Village, Mahidpur, Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Mahidpur, Ujjain 

# Gelakhedi

Gelakhedi is a village in Mahidpur sub-district of Ujjain district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,420 people in 264 households**, the 36th largest of 223 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.5%.

- 1,420people (2011)
- 264households
- 63.8%literacy
- 896females per 1,000 males

## Gelakhedi PIN code and other codes

Gelakhedi falls in Mahidpur sub-district, Ujjain district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockMahidpur
- Census village code471357

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

## How far is Gelakhedi from nearby towns?

- Mahidpur (sub-district HQ)22 km by road
- Ujjain (district HQ)65 km by road
- Mahidpur (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 Gelakhedi?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Jharda
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ujjain
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 12 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 Gelakhedi known for?

About 91% of the 636 hectares of village land is sown, and 493 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 Gelakhedi

Of every 100 households in Gelakhedi in 2011, 98 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gelakhedi · ■ Mahidpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**92%

Tap water ****1%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**8%

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

**4%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****27%**

**31%

Television ****30%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**35%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Gelakhedi?

■ Gelakhedi · ■ Mahidpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.8%**

**59.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****896**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****849**

**935

Working population ****44.4%**

**53.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.2% for men and 45.6% for women. 58% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 212 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 132 (21%) · **■** Other work 31 (5%) · **■** Marginal 256 (41%)

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 Mahidpur

- Chitawad1,486 people
- Shakkarkhedi1,450 people
- Palwa1,448 people
- Kheda Madda1,433 people
- Lasudiyanhata1,416 people
- Dhanodiya1,356 people
- Belakheda1,353 people
- Mundlaparwal1,347 people

[All 224 villages in Mahidpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/ujjain/mahidpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Gelakhedi from Ujjain?65 km by road
- What is the population of Gelakhedi?1,420 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gelakhedi in?Ujjain district (Mahidpur sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gelakhedi?63.8% (Census 2011)