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About Karhola Village

Karhola is a mid sized village in Begamganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 660, made up of 349 males and 311 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 482.26 hectares hectares.

Karhola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karhola village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Raisen
Tehsil Begamganj
Area (hectares) 482.26 hectares
Population 660
Male Population 349
Female Population 311
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 891
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Karhola compares

By the 2011 count Karhola is the 63rd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 543 residents. Its 482.26 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 884.

Getting to Karhola

The census records public bus service for Karhola as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karhola from other places

Karhola lies about 61 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Gulabhganj, about 51 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 Karhola
Tehsil headquarters Begamganj 15 km
Nearest railway station Gulabhganj 51 km
District headquarters Raisen 61 km

Villages closest to Karhola

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karhola village had a population of 660. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 543 residents.

Karhola village has 349 males and 311 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karhola has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 884.

Karhola covers 482.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karhola falls under Begamganj tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karhola is Gulabhganj, about 51 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Karhola.

Karhola is about 61 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karhola is in Begamganj tehsil of Raisen district. Begamganj is about 15 km away. Gulabhganj is about 51 km away. Raisen is about 61 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mahua Kheda Khurd (4.5 km), Chandbad (4.9 km) and Jamuniya Pipaliya (4.9 km).

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

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