# Porukhedi Village, Vidisha, Vidisha (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Vidisha, Vidisha 

# Porukhedi

Porukhedi is a village in Vidisha sub-district of Vidisha district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **399 people in 78 households**, the 155th largest of 227 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.5%.

- 399people (2011)
- 78households
- 76.4%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Porukhedi PIN code and other codes

Porukhedi falls in Vidisha sub-district, Vidisha district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockVidisha
- Census village code481856

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

## How far is Porukhedi from nearby towns?

- Vidisha (sub-district HQ)28 km by road
- Vidisha (district HQ)28 km by road
- Vidisha (nearest town)28 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 Porukhedi?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Porukhedi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Pipalkheda
- ○Degree college10+ km · Vidisha
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Vidisha
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 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)8 h summer · 8 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 Porukhedi known for?

The main crops are **soyabean, wheat and chana**. About 90% of the 197 hectares of village land is sown, and 47 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 Porukhedi

Of every 100 households in Porukhedi in 2011, 96 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 30 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Porukhedi · ■ Vidisha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**67%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**80%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****11%**

**41%

Television ****49%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****30%**

**22%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****22%**

**34%

Own their home ****99%**

**95%

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 Porukhedi?

■ Porukhedi · ■ Vidisha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.4%**

**74.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**897

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**931

Working population ****40.4%**

**40.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.8% for men and 60.0% for women. 60% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 87 (54%) · **■** Farm labourers 25 (16%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 47 (29%)

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 Vidisha

- Udaigiri422 people
- Barkheda Ahmadpur414 people
- Parasi Tunda411 people
- Gajikhedi406 people
- Pipriyaghat398 people
- Sangai397 people
- Imaliya Parasi395 people
- Nimkhiriya386 people

[All 235 villages in Vidisha](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/vidisha/vidisha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Porukhedi from Vidisha?28 km by road
- What is the population of Porukhedi?399 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Porukhedi in?Vidisha district (Vidisha sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Porukhedi?76.4% (Census 2011)