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About Keolari Village

Keolari is a mid sized village in Baihar tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,120, made up of 547 males and 573 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. The village covers 414.01 hectares hectares.

Keolari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keolari village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Baihar
Area (hectares) 414.01 hectares
Population 1,120
Male Population 547
Female Population 573
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,048
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Keolari compares

By the 2011 count Keolari is the 65th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 414.01 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Keolari

Keolari is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Keolari as Available within village. 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 Keolari from other places

Keolari lies about 53 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Dhapewara, about 49 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 Keolari
Tehsil headquarters Baihar 9.0 km
Nearest town Malajkhand 9.4 km
Nearest railway station Dhapewara 49 km
District headquarters Balaghat 53 km

Villages closest to Keolari

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Baihar 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 Keolari

As per the Census of India 2011, Keolari village had a population of 1,120. That makes it the 65th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Keolari village has 547 males and 573 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keolari has about 1048 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1032.

Keolari covers 414.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Keolari falls under Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Keolari is Dhapewara, about 49 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Keolari.

Keolari is about 53 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keolari is in Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district. Baihar is about 9.0 km away. Malajkhand is about 9.4 km away. Dhapewara is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhari (1.9 km), Kholwa (2.3 km) and Amgaon (2.4 km).

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

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