Kukshi Tehsil - Dhar, Madhya Pradesh

Kukshi is an administrative tehsil in the Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh, India. It includes various villages governed through Gram Panchayats and is a key part of the district's rural administration. Kukshi is the main town for most villages within the tehsil. The nearest railway station is situated at Nahargarh, while the nearest airport is Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport, located at an approximate aerial distance of 90.7 km.

The total area of the tehsil is 1,251 km², including 1,233.92 km² rural area and 17.31 km² urban area. The sex ratio is approximately 996 females per 1,000 males.

List of Villages in Kukshi Tehsil

Kukshi Tehsil has a total of 208 villages. The table below includes all villages in the Tehsil, along with their Gram Panchayat and category details:

Sl. No.	Village Name	Category	Gram Panchayat
1	Aamlabawadi	Rural	Khaparkheda
2	Agar	Rural	Aagar
3	Ajanya Malhar	Rural	Kutedi
4	Akhada	Rural	Akhada
5	Ali	Rural	Aali
6	Aloda	Rural	Ambada
7	Amaljhuma	Rural	Amalijhuma
8	Ambada	Rural	Ambada
9	Ambasoti	Rural	Aambasoti
10	Anjan Khedi	Rural	Doi
11	Aspur	Rural	Aspur
12	Awali	Rural	Awali
13	Babulgaon	Rural	Seesgon
14	Babulsha	Rural	Susari
15	Badgaon	Rural	Bodgoan
16	Badgaon	Rural	Seesgon
17	Badgyar	Rural	Badgyar
18	Badkachha	Rural	Badkachha
19	Bagdi	Rural	Khaparkheda
20	Bagh (Ct)	Rural	Bagh
21	Bagoli	Rural	Chamjhar
22	Bagpura	Rural	Jaamla
23	Bamanbardi	Rural	Khedli
24	Banada	Rural	Banda
25	Bandhaniya	Rural	Bandhaniya
26	Banki Dehri	Rural	Baaki
27	Banki Tanda	Rural	Baki Tanda
28	Bankibag	Rural	Baki Bag
29	Barad	Rural	Ghor
30	Barada Tanda	Rural	Barda
31	Barkheda	Rural	Barkheda
32	Barud	Rural	Loni
33	Bawdiya	Rural	Jhirpanya
34	Bedwalya	Rural	Bedvalya
35	Bekalya	Rural	Neemkhedi
36	Bhamori	Rural	Bhamori
37	Bharadpur	Rural	Susari
38	Bhawriya	Rural	Bhawariya
39	Bheslai	Rural	Bhainslai
40	Bhilsur	Rural	Bhawariya
41	Bhimpura	Rural	Bhimpura
42	Birlai	Rural	Birlai
43	Bodhawada	Rural	Seesgon
44	Borkui	Rural	Jhaba
45	Chamjhar	Rural	Chamjhar
46	Chandankhedi	Rural	Chandankhedi
47	Chariganpur	Rural	Lingwa
48	Charimandwi	Rural	Lingwa
49	Chhadawad	Rural	Kakadwa
50	Chhatawani	Rural	Baki Tanda
51	Chijwan	Rural	Chinjwa
52	Chikapoti	Rural	Chikakoti
53	Chikhalda	Rural	Chikhalda
54	Chikli	Rural	Chikli
55	Chilva	Rural	Kapsi
56	Chiprata	Rural	Chiprata
57	Chitawara	Rural	Takari
58	Chorbawdi	Rural	Loni
59	Dahod	Rural	Dahodpura
60	Dehar	Rural	Dehar
61	Dehri	Rural	Dehri
62	Deshwalya	Rural	Deshwalya
63	Dewdha	Rural	Devdha
64	Dhilwani	Rural	Ghotiyadev
65	Dhnora	Rural	Kapsi
66	Dhodhardi	Rural	Kakadkua
67	Dholya	Rural	Dholya
68	Dhukni	Rural	Dhukni
69	Dhulsar	Rural	Dhulsar
70	Dobani	Rural	Dobni
71	Doi	Rural	Doi
72	Dongargaon	Rural	Talanpur
73	Dugawa	Rural	Dugawa
74	Gadarawad	Rural	Narwali
75	Gadbori	Rural	Ghatbori
76	Gardi	Rural	Jetgarh
77	Gatala	Rural	Jetgarh
78	Gehalgaon	Rural	Khaparkheda
79	Geta	Rural	Geta
80	Ghana	Rural	Chiprata
81	Ghatgaon	Rural	Bodgoan
82	Ghoda	Rural	Takari
83	Ghore	Rural	Ghor
84	Ghotiyadev	Rural	Ghotiyadev
85	Ghuddaliya	Rural	Chamjhar
86	Girwanya	Rural	Girvanya
87	Gogawan	Rural	Kharajana
88	Gorda	Rural	Kapsi
89	Guda	Rural	Narwali
90	Gumiya	Rural	Banda
91	Guradiya	Rural	Jhaie
92	Haldi	Rural	Haldi
93	Hansalbad	Rural	Kakadkua
94	Heladad	Rural	Bhawariya
95	Jainagar	Rural	Sulgon
96	Jali	Rural	Jali
97	Jamda	Rural	Barda
98	Jaminyapura	Rural	Jamnyapura
99	Jamlabag	Rural	Jaamla
100	Jetgarh	Rural	Jetgarh
101	Jhaba	Rural	Jhaba
102	Jhadamli	Rural	Jhaie
103	Jhai	Rural	Jhaie
104	Jharda	Rural	Jharda
105	Jhardi	Rural	Jharda
106	Jhirpaniya	Rural	Jhirpanya
107	Jogardi	Rural	Jogardi
108	Jugtalai	Rural	Rampura
109	Kadmal	Rural	Kadmal
110	Kadwal	Rural	Baki Bag
111	Kakadkuwa	Rural	Kakadkua
112	Kakdawa	Rural	Kakadwa
113	Kali Devi	Rural	Aambasoti
114	Kaneheri Sujanpur	Rural	Kaneheri
115	Kanheri Bhatyari	Rural	Bhatyari
116	Kanti	Rural	Kanti
117	Kapasi	Rural	Kapsi
118	Karanpura	Rural	Baki Tanda
119	Karchat	Rural	Kakadwa
120	Karkada	Rural	Karkada
121	Karondiya	Rural	Kadmal
122	Katnera	Rural	Raswa
123	Kawadiya Kheda	Rural	Kawadiya Kheda
124	Khandawa	Rural	Khandwa
125	Khandlai	Rural	Khandlai
126	Khaniamba	Rural	Khaniamaba
127	Khaparkheda	Rural	Khaparkheda
128	Kharajana	Rural	Kharajana
129	Khargone	Rural	Khargone
130	Kharwa	Rural	Karkada
131	Kharwali	Rural	Magdi
132	Kheda	Rural	Seesgon
133	Khedali	Rural	Khedli
134	Kodada	Rural	Dobni
135	Kolgaon	Rural	Kharajana
136	Konda	Rural	Konda
137	Kothada	Rural	Kadmal
138	Kukshi	Unmapped	Not applicable
139	Kundara	Rural	Kundara
140	Kurd Digpura	Rural	Kuddikpura
141	Kurdujeta	Rural	Kudujeta
142	Kutedi	Rural	Kutedi
143	Kutedi	Rural	Kanti
144	Lengsari	Rural	Lengsari
145	Lingawa	Rural	Lingwa
146	Lohara	Rural	Lohari
147	Lohari	Rural	Lohari
148	Loni	Rural	Loni
149	Lunara	Rural	Umari
150	Magadi	Rural	Magdi
151	Magarda	Rural	Magarda
152	Mahakalpura	Rural	Mahakalpura
153	Maheshra	Rural	Ghotiyadev
154	Malwada	Rural	Seesgon
155	Malwadi	Rural	Nawadpura
156	Masanya	Rural	Bedvalya
157	Merti	Rural	Meriti
158	Mogara	Rural	Mogara
159	Molkhad	Rural	Nisarpur
160	Muhaja	Rural	Jali
161	Mukund Pura	Rural	Magdi
162	Naingaon	Rural	Naingaon
163	Nanoda	Rural	Nanoda
164	Narwali	Rural	Narwali
165	Nawadpura	Rural	Nawadpura
166	Nayawel	Rural	Nahavel
167	Neemkheda	Rural	Neemkhedi
168	Neemthal	Rural	Nimthal
169	Nimbol	Rural	Nimbol
170	Nisarpur	Rural	Nisarpur
171	Padabanda	Rural	Kanti
172	Padlaya	Rural	Padalya
173	Paretha	Rural	Ghor
174	Pawkhedi	Rural	Seesgon
175	Pipaldlya	Rural	Jhaie
176	Pipalwa	Rural	Dhana
177	Pipliyapani	Rural	Pipariyapani
178	Piplya	Rural	Pipalya
179	Piprani	Rural	Tarsinga
180	Pipribag	Rural	Pipri
181	Pura	Rural	Dahodpura
182	Raipuriya	Rural	Dholya
183	Raisinghpura	Rural	Mahakalpura
184	Rampura	Rural	Rampura
185	Raswa	Rural	Raswa
186	Rekti	Rural	Raswa
187	Risawala	Rural	Jamnyapura
188	Rohana	Rural	Kadmal
189	Roja	Rural	Roja
190	Salkheda	Rural	Dhukni
191	Singachori	Rural	Chamjhar
192	Sisgaon	Rural	Seesgon
193	Sulgaon	Rural	Sulgon
194	Susari	Rural	Susari
195	Sustipura	Rural	Aali
196	Takari	Rural	Takari
197	Talanpur	Rural	Talanpur
198	Talawadi	Rural	Talawadi
199	Talwada	Rural	Talwada
200	Tanda	Rural	Tanda
201	Tarsinga	Rural	Tarsinga
202	Teki	Rural	Teki
203	Thana	Rural	Dhana
204	Thuwati	Rural	Naingaon
205	Tola	Rural	Barkheda
206	Ukala	Rural	Jali
207	Umari	Rural	Umari
208	Undali	Rural	Undali

Population of Kukshi Tehsil

As per the Census 2011, Kukshi Tehsil has a total population of 3,22,282 people, consisting of 1,61,408 males and 1,60,874 females. There are 58,355 households in the tehsil with an average population density of 258 people per km². The table below shows the rural and urban breakup of population and households:

Category	Total	Rural	Urban
Total Population	3,22,282	2,84,677	37,605
Male Population	1,61,408	1,42,249	19,159
Female Population	1,60,874	1,42,428	18,446
Total Households	58,355	51,442	6,913
Population Density	258 / km²	231 / km²	2,172 / km²

Beyond these basic counts, the tehsil has 1,36,995 literate people and 55,882 children (0–6 years). The demographic distribution also includes 15,595 from Scheduled Caste (SC) and 2,30,833 from Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities. Detailed rural and urban data for these categories is provided below:

Category	Total	Rural	Urban
Child Population (Age 0–6)	55,882	50,576	5,306
Literate Population	1,36,995	1,11,864	25,131
Illiterate Population	1,85,287	1,72,813	12,474
Scheduled Caste (SC) Population	15,595	12,746	2,849
Scheduled Tribe (ST) Population	2,30,833	2,21,019	9,814

NOTE: Population and area figures shown here are based on Census 2011. Administrative boundaries may have changed, so the figures may include combined values for areas that were reorganized later.

Tehsil Overview
Tehsil (Hindi)	Kukshi (कुक्षी)
District	Dhar
State / UT	Madhya Pradesh
Railway Station	Nahargarh
Total Area	1,251 km²
Sex Ratio (2011)	996
Total Population (2011)	3,22,282
Density	258/km²
Total Villages	208

Nearby Tehsils in Dhar
Badnawar	Dahi
Dhar	Dharampuri
Gandhwani	Manawar
Pithampur	Sardarpur