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About Kherai Village

Kherai is a mid sized village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 908, made up of 481 males and 427 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 347.4 hectares hectares.

Kherai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kherai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Sagar
Area (hectares) 347.4 hectares
Population 908
Male Population 481
Female Population 427
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 888
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kherai compares

By the 2011 count Kherai is the 151st largest of the 342 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents. Its 347.4 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 884.

Getting to Kherai

Kherai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kherai 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kherai from other places

Kherai lies about 22 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Ratona, about 17 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 Kherai
Nearest town Rāhatgarh 16 km
Nearest railway station Ratona 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Sagar 22 km

Villages closest to Kherai

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 Kherai

As per the Census of India 2011, Kherai village had a population of 908. That makes it the 151st largest of the 342 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents.

Kherai village has 481 males and 427 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kherai has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 884.

Kherai covers 347.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Kherai is Ratona, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 Kherai.

Kherai is about 22 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kherai is in Sagar tehsil of Sagar district. Rāhatgarh is about 16 km away. Ratona is about 17 km away. Sagar is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Semra Ghona (under 2 km), Dewalchori (under 2 km) and Semra Ghat (1.6 km).

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

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