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About Chitrai Village

Chitrai is a mid sized village in Rajnagar tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 632, made up of 343 males and 289 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 843 females per 1000 males. The village covers 641.61 hectares hectares.

Chitrai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chitrai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Rajnagar
Area (hectares) 641.61 hectares
Population 632
Male Population 343
Female Population 289
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 843
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 Chitrai compares

By the 2011 count Chitrai is the 109th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,638 residents. Its 641.61 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 887.

Getting to Chitrai

Chitrai is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Chitrai 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 Chitrai from other places

Chitrai lies about 39 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Rajnagar K, about 11 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 Chitrai
Nearest town Khajuraho Group of Monuments 4.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Rajnagar 6.9 km
Nearest railway station Rajnagar K 11 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 39 km

Villages closest to Chitrai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chitrai village had a population of 632. That makes it the 109th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,638 residents.

Chitrai village has 343 males and 289 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chitrai has about 843 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 887.

Chitrai covers 641.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chitrai falls under Rajnagar tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chitrai is Rajnagar K, about 11 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 Chitrai.

Chitrai is about 39 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chitrai is in Rajnagar tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Khajuraho Group of Monuments is about 4.1 km away. Rajnagar is about 6.9 km away. Rajnagar K is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hakimpura (1.7 km), Mahilwar (2.4 km) and Bamnora (2.5 km).

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

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