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About Karaiya Turk Village

Karaiya Turk is a mid sized village in Mungaoli tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 631, made up of 336 males and 295 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 371 hectares hectares.

Karaiya Turk Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karaiya Turk village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ashoknagar
Tehsil Mungaoli
Area (hectares) 371 hectares
Population 631
Male Population 336
Female Population 295
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 878
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karaiya Turk compares

By the 2011 count Karaiya Turk is the 131st largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 851 residents. Its 371 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Karaiya Turk

Karaiya Turk is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karaiya Turk as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karaiya Turk from other places

Karaiya Turk lies about 20 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Orr, about 14 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 Karaiya Turk
Nearest railway station Orr 14 km
District headquarters Ashoknagar 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Mungaoli 32 km

Villages closest to Karaiya Turk

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mungaoli 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 Karaiya Turk

As per the Census of India 2011, Karaiya Turk village had a population of 631. That makes it the 131st largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 851 residents.

Karaiya Turk village has 336 males and 295 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karaiya Turk has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 888.

Karaiya Turk covers 371 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karaiya Turk falls under Mungaoli tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karaiya Turk is Orr, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Karaiya Turk.

Karaiya Turk is about 20 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karaiya Turk is in Mungaoli tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Orr is about 14 km away. Ashoknagar is about 20 km away. Mungaoli is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chamrai (under 2 km), Pathariya (2.2 km) and Dhekan (2.4 km).

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

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