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About Kohyai Village

Kohyai is a small village in Mungaoli tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 380, made up of 201 males and 179 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 179 hectares hectares.

Kohyai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kohyai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ashoknagar
Tehsil Mungaoli
Area (hectares) 179 hectares
Population 380
Male Population 201
Female Population 179
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 891
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kohyai compares

By the 2011 count Kohyai is the 171st largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 851 residents. Its 179 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Kohyai

Kohyai is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kohyai 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 within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kohyai from other places

Kohyai lies about 16 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Rahatwas, about 3.5 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 Kohyai
Nearest railway station Rahatwas 3.5 km
District headquarters Ashoknagar 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Mungaoli 26 km

Villages closest to Kohyai

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 Kohyai

As per the Census of India 2011, Kohyai village had a population of 380. That makes it the 171st largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 851 residents.

Kohyai village has 201 males and 179 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kohyai has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 888.

Kohyai covers 179 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kohyai falls under Mungaoli tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kohyai is Rahatwas, about 3.5 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 10+ km distance for Kohyai.

Kohyai is about 16 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kohyai is in Mungaoli tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Rahatwas is about 3.5 km away. Ashoknagar is about 16 km away. Mungaoli is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Maron (under 2 km), Bijlipur (1.5 km) and Madhi Piprai (1.6 km).

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

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