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About Karkha Jamai Village

Karkha Jamai is a small village in Itarsi tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 162, made up of 93 males and 69 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 742 females per 1000 males. The village covers 270.27 hectares hectares.

Karkha Jamai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karkha Jamai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Hoshangabad
Tehsil Itarsi
Area (hectares) 270.27 hectares
Population 162
Male Population 93
Female Population 69
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 742
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karkha Jamai compares

By the 2011 count Karkha Jamai is the 113th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,011 residents. Its 270.27 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 939.

Getting to Karkha Jamai

Karkha Jamai is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Karkha Jamai as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Karkha Jamai from other places

Karkha Jamai lies about 23 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Kesla, about 2.0 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 Karkha Jamai
Nearest railway station Kesla 2.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Itarsi 8.8 km
Nearest town Itārsi 8.8 km
District headquarters Hoshangabad 23 km

Villages closest to Karkha Jamai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Itarsi 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 Karkha Jamai

As per the Census of India 2011, Karkha Jamai village had a population of 162. That makes it the 113th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,011 residents.

Karkha Jamai village has 93 males and 69 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkha Jamai has about 742 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Karkha Jamai covers 270.27 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.

Karkha Jamai falls under Itarsi tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karkha Jamai is Kesla, about 2.0 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 10+ km distance for Karkha Jamai.

Karkha Jamai is about 23 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karkha Jamai is in Itarsi tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Kesla is about 2.0 km away. Itarsi is about 8.8 km away. Itārsi is about 8.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jamai Kalan (under 2 km), Jamani (under 2 km) and Pandu Khedi (under 2 km).

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

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