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About Keregaon Village

Keregaon is a large village in Lanji tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,020, made up of 1,007 males and 1,013 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 553.46 hectares hectares.

Keregaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keregaon village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Lanji
Area (hectares) 553.46 hectares
Population 2,020
Male Population 1,007
Female Population 1,013
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,006
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Keregaon compares

By the 2011 count Keregaon is the 30th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents. Its 553.46 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Keregaon

Keregaon is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Keregaon as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Keregaon from other places

Keregaon lies about 48 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Amgaon, about 13 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 Keregaon
Tehsil headquarters Lanji 11 km
Nearest railway station Amgaon 13 km
Nearest town Gondiā 26 km
District headquarters Balaghat 48 km

Villages closest to Keregaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Keregaon village had a population of 2,020. That makes it the 30th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents.

Keregaon village has 1,007 males and 1,013 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keregaon has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

Keregaon covers 553.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Keregaon falls under Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Keregaon is Amgaon, about 13 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Keregaon.

Keregaon is about 48 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keregaon is in Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district. Lanji is about 11 km away. Amgaon is about 13 km away. Gondiā 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 Dahegaon (1.9 km), Siregaon (1.9 km) and Sadra (2.3 km).

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

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