About Sarai Village

Sarai is a mid sized village in Dhimarkheda tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,034, made up of 516 males and 518 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 457 hectares hectares.

Sarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sarai village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Dhimarkheda
Area (hectares)	457 hectares
Population	1,034
Male Population	516
Female Population	518
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,004
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sarai compares

By the 2011 count Sarai is the 48th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 457 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Sarai

Sarai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sarai as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Sarai from other places

Sarai lies about 26 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Salhana, about 5.3 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 Sarai
Nearest railway station	Salhana	5.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhimarkheda	26 km
District headquarters	Katni	26 km
Nearest town	Murwāra	26 km

Villages closest to Sarai

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

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Common questions about Sarai

As per the Census of India 2011, Sarai village had a population of 1,034. That makes it the 48th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Sarai village has 516 males and 518 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sarai has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 958.

Sarai covers 457 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sarai falls under Dhimarkheda tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sarai is Salhana, about 5.3 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 village for Sarai.

Sarai is about 26 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sarai is in Dhimarkheda tehsil of Katni district. Salhana is about 5.3 km away. Dhimarkheda is about 26 km away. Katni is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.