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About Karri Village

Karri is a mid sized village in Bada Malhera tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,320, made up of 720 males and 600 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2042.61 hectares hectares.

Karri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karri village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Bada Malhera
Area (hectares) 2042.61 hectares
Population 1,320
Male Population 720
Female Population 600
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 833
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karri compares

By the 2011 count Karri is the 23rd largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 933 residents. Its 2042.61 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 878.

Getting to Karri

Karri is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karri 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karri from other places

Karri lies about 55 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Tila, about 39 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 Karri
Tehsil headquarters Bada Malhera 8.5 km
Nearest town Bijāwar 23 km
Nearest railway station Tila 39 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 55 km

Villages closest to Karri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bada Malhera 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 Karri

As per the Census of India 2011, Karri village had a population of 1,320. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 933 residents.

Karri village has 720 males and 600 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karri has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 878.

Karri covers 2042.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karri falls under Bada Malhera tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karri is Tila, about 39 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Karri.

Karri is about 55 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karri is in Bada Malhera tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Bada Malhera is about 8.5 km away. Bijāwar is about 23 km away. Tila is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sirbon (1.8 km), Sironj (1.8 km) and Surajpura Khurd (3.7 km).

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

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