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About Karmai Village

Karmai is a mid sized village in Chanderi tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 721, made up of 385 males and 336 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 901 hectares hectares.

Karmai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karmai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ashoknagar
Tehsil Chanderi
Area (hectares) 901 hectares
Population 721
Male Population 385
Female Population 336
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 873
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Karmai compares

By the 2011 count Karmai is the 76th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 942 residents. Its 901 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Karmai

Karmai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karmai as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karmai from other places

Karmai lies about 42 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Guneru Bamori, about 21 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Karmai
Tehsil headquarters Chanderi 8.7 km
Nearest railway station Guneru Bamori 21 km
District headquarters Ashoknagar 42 km

Villages closest to Karmai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chanderi tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Karmai

As per the Census of India 2011, Karmai village had a population of 721. That makes it the 76th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 942 residents.

Karmai village has 385 males and 336 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karmai has about 873 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 898.

Karmai covers 901 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karmai falls under Chanderi tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karmai is Guneru Bamori, about 21 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Karmai.

Karmai is about 42 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karmai is in Chanderi tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Chanderi is about 8.7 km away. Guneru Bamori is about 21 km away. Ashoknagar is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kadrana (1.7 km), Vikrampur (2.3 km) and Satpaiya (2.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Karmai today is likely to be higher.

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