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About Karai Village

Karai is a small village in Khurai tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 398, made up of 197 males and 201 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 306.23 hectares hectares.

Karai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Khurai
Area (hectares) 306.23 hectares
Population 398
Male Population 197
Female Population 201
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,020
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karai compares

By the 2011 count Karai is the 124th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 798 residents. Its 306.23 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Karai

Karai is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Karai as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karai from other places

Karai lies about 45 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Relwai Stesan Sumreri, 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 Karai
Tehsil headquarters Khurai 10 km
Nearest railway station Relwai Stesan Sumreri 11 km
District headquarters Sagar 45 km

Villages closest to Karai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karai village had a population of 398. That makes it the 124th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 798 residents.

Karai village has 197 males and 201 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karai has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 888.

Karai covers 306.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karai falls under Khurai tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karai is Relwai Stesan Sumreri, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Karai.

Karai is about 45 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karai is in Khurai tehsil of Sagar district. Khurai is about 10 km away. Relwai Stesan Sumreri is about 11 km away. Sagar is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kajrai (under 2 km), Mahuna Kayastha (under 2 km) and Silapari (1.6 km).

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

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