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About Keolari Village

Keolari is a mid sized village in Murwara tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,364, made up of 686 males and 678 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 988 females per 1000 males. The village covers 338.55 hectares hectares.

Keolari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keolari village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Katni
Tehsil Murwara
Area (hectares) 338.55 hectares
Population 1,364
Male Population 686
Female Population 678
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 988
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Keolari compares

By the 2011 count Keolari is the 36th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,275 residents. Its 338.55 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Keolari

Keolari is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Keolari 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Keolari from other places

Keolari lies about 11 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Jhalwara, about 2.8 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 Keolari
Nearest railway station Jhalwara 2.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Murwara 11 km
District headquarters Katni 11 km
Nearest town Murwāra 11 km

Villages closest to Keolari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Keolari village had a population of 1,364. That makes it the 36th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,275 residents.

Keolari village has 686 males and 678 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keolari has about 988 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 954.

Keolari covers 338.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Keolari falls under Murwara tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Keolari is Jhalwara, about 2.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Keolari.

Keolari is about 11 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keolari is in Murwara tehsil of Katni district. Jhalwara is about 2.8 km away. Murwara is about 11 km away. Katni 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 Bichhiya (under 2 km), Simra (2.0 km) and Kaudiya (2.1 km).

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

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