About Karitalai Village

Karitalai is one of the larger villages in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,197, made up of 2,628 males and 2,569 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1314 hectares hectares.

Karitalai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karitalai village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Vijayraghavgarh
Area (hectares)	1314 hectares
Population	5,197
Male Population	2,628
Female Population	2,569
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	978
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karitalai compares

By the 2011 count Karitalai is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents. Its 1314 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 955.

Getting to Karitalai

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

Karitalai lies about 40 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Ghunwara Railway Station, about 12 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 Karitalai
Nearest railway station	Ghunwara Railway Station	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Vijayraghavgarh	13 km
Nearest town	Maihar	24 km
District headquarters	Katni	40 km

Villages closest to Karitalai

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.

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Common questions about Karitalai

As per the Census of India 2011, Karitalai village had a population of 5,197. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents.

Karitalai village has 2,628 males and 2,569 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karitalai has about 978 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 955.

Karitalai covers 1314 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karitalai falls under Vijayraghavgarh tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karitalai is Ghunwara Railway Station, about 12 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Karitalai.

Karitalai is about 40 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karitalai is in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil of Katni district. Ghunwara Railway Station is about 12 km away. Vijayraghavgarh is about 13 km away. Maihar is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.