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About Karhad Village

Karhad is a mid sized village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,298, made up of 712 males and 586 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 823 females per 1000 males. The village covers 760.64 hectares hectares.

Karhad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karhad village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Sagar
Area (hectares) 760.64 hectares
Population 1,298
Male Population 712
Female Population 586
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 823
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karhad compares

By the 2011 count Karhad is the 104th largest of the 342 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents. Its 760.64 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 884.

Getting to Karhad

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

Karhad lies about 30 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Ratona, about 25 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 Karhad
Nearest town Rāhatgarh 14 km
Nearest railway station Ratona 25 km
Tehsil headquarters Sagar 30 km

Villages closest to Karhad

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karhad village had a population of 1,298. That makes it the 104th largest of the 342 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents.

Karhad village has 712 males and 586 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karhad has about 823 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 884.

Karhad covers 760.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karhad falls under Sagar tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karhad is Ratona, about 25 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 Karhad.

Karhad is about 30 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karhad is in Sagar tehsil of Sagar district. Rāhatgarh is about 14 km away. Ratona is about 25 km away. Sagar is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Padariya Kalan (1.7 km), Senkuwa Malguzari (3.6 km) and Dhakrai (4.0 km).

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

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