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About Deora Kalan Village

Deora Kalan is a large village in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,577, made up of 1,897 males and 1,680 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 646.36 hectares hectares.

Deora Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Deora Kalan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Katni
Tehsil Vijayraghavgarh
Area (hectares) 646.36 hectares
Population 3,577
Male Population 1,897
Female Population 1,680
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 886
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Deora Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Deora Kalan is the 9th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents. Its 646.36 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Deora Kalan

Deora Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Deora Kalan 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 Deora Kalan from other places

Deora Kalan lies about 20 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Pakaria Road, 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 Deora Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Vijayraghavgarh 8.4 km
Nearest railway station Pakaria Road 11 km
District headquarters Katni 20 km
Nearest town Murwāra 20 km

Villages closest to Deora Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Vijayraghavgarh 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 Deora Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Deora Kalan village had a population of 3,577. That makes it the 9th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents.

Deora Kalan village has 1,897 males and 1,680 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Deora Kalan has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 955.

Deora Kalan covers 646.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Deora Kalan falls under Vijayraghavgarh tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Deora Kalan is Pakaria Road, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Deora Kalan.

Deora Kalan is about 20 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Deora Kalan is in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil of Katni district. Vijayraghavgarh is about 8.4 km away. Pakaria Road is about 11 km away. Katni is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kundrehi (1.8 km), Jatwara Khurd (1.8 km) and Baktha (1.9 km).

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

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