About Karai Village

Karai is a mid sized village in Shahgarh tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 512, made up of 292 males and 220 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 753 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136.73 hectares hectares.

Karai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karai village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Sagar
Tehsil	Shahgarh
Area (hectares)	136.73 hectares
Population	512
Male Population	292
Female Population	220
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	753
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karai compares

By the 2011 count Karai is the 77th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,107 residents. Its 136.73 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 865.

Getting to Karai

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

Karai lies about 51 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Ganeshganj, about 44 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	Shahgarh	21 km
Nearest town	Banda	25 km
Nearest railway station	Ganeshganj	44 km
District headquarters	Sagar	51 km

Villages closest to Karai

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

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Common questions about Karai

As per the Census of India 2011, Karai village had a population of 512. That makes it the 77th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,107 residents.

Karai village has 292 males and 220 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karai has about 753 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 865.

Karai covers 136.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Karai is Ganeshganj, about 44 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 Karai.

Karai is about 51 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 Shahgarh tehsil of Sagar district. Shahgarh is about 21 km away. Banda is about 25 km away. Ganeshganj is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.