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About Karhoula Village

Karhoula is a mid sized village in Gairatganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 692, made up of 375 males and 317 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 845 females per 1000 males. The village covers 423.4 hectares hectares.

Karhoula Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karhoula village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Raisen
Tehsil Gairatganj
Area (hectares) 423.4 hectares
Population 692
Male Population 375
Female Population 317
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 845
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karhoula compares

By the 2011 count Karhoula is the 47th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 655 residents. Its 423.4 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 892.

Getting to Karhoula

Karhoula is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Karhoula as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Karhoula from other places

Karhoula 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 Karhoula
Nearest town Begamganj 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Gairatganj 15 km
Nearest railway station Gulabhganj 51 km
District headquarters Raisen 61 km

Villages closest to Karhoula

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karhoula village had a population of 692. That makes it the 47th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 655 residents.

Karhoula village has 375 males and 317 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karhoula has about 845 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 892.

Karhoula covers 423.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karhoula falls under Gairatganj tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karhoula is Gulabhganj, about 51 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 10+ km distance for Karhoula.

Karhoula 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.

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

The closest recorded villages are Pipaliya Amarsingh (3.3 km), Rajpura (3.9 km) and Tehri (4.4 km).

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

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