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About Tarai Village

Tarai is a mid sized village in Mungaoli tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 706, made up of 398 males and 308 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 774 females per 1000 males. The village covers 487 hectares hectares.

Tarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tarai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ashoknagar
Tehsil Mungaoli
Area (hectares) 487 hectares
Population 706
Male Population 398
Female Population 308
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 774
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Tarai compares

By the 2011 count Tarai is the 112th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 851 residents. Its 487 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Tarai

Tarai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Tarai as Available within 5 - 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Tarai from other places

Tarai lies about 33 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Guneru Bamori, about 3.2 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 Tarai
Nearest railway station Guneru Bamori 3.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Mungaoli 9.1 km
District headquarters Ashoknagar 33 km

Villages closest to Tarai

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 Tarai

As per the Census of India 2011, Tarai village had a population of 706. That makes it the 112th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 851 residents.

Tarai village has 398 males and 308 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tarai has about 774 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

Tarai covers 487 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Tarai is Guneru Bamori, about 3.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Tarai is about 33 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tarai is in Mungaoli tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Guneru Bamori is about 3.2 km away. Mungaoli is about 9.1 km away. Ashoknagar is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chhitari (1.7 km), Ram Khiriya (2.2 km) and Banskhedi (2.3 km).

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

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