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About Kakrua Rai Village

Kakrua Rai is a mid sized village in Shadhora tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,095, made up of 606 males and 489 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 807 females per 1000 males. The village covers 415 hectares hectares.

Kakrua Rai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kakrua Rai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ashoknagar
Tehsil Shadhora
Area (hectares) 415 hectares
Population 1,095
Male Population 606
Female Population 489
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 807
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kakrua Rai compares

By the 2011 count Kakrua Rai is the 20th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 759 residents. Its 415 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Kakrua Rai

Kakrua Rai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kakrua Rai as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Kakrua Rai from other places

Kakrua Rai lies about 13 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Ratikheda, about 7.9 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 Kakrua Rai
Nearest railway station Ratikheda 7.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Shadhora 13 km
District headquarters Ashoknagar 13 km

Villages closest to Kakrua Rai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shadhora 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 Kakrua Rai

As per the Census of India 2011, Kakrua Rai village had a population of 1,095. That makes it the 20th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 759 residents.

Kakrua Rai village has 606 males and 489 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kakrua Rai has about 807 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 913.

Kakrua Rai covers 415 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kakrua Rai falls under Shadhora tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kakrua Rai is Ratikheda, about 7.9 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 village for Kakrua Rai.

Kakrua Rai is about 13 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kakrua Rai is in Shadhora tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Ratikheda is about 7.9 km away. Shadhora is about 13 km away. Ashoknagar is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chirola (2.1 km), Kudai Pachhar (2.8 km) and Bhensarwas (2.9 km).

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

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