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About Karahi Kalan Village

Karahi Kalan is a large village in Unchahara tehsil, in the district of Satna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,872, made up of 1,486 males and 1,386 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 686.53 hectares hectares.

Karahi Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karahi Kalan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Satna
Tehsil Unchahara
Area (hectares) 686.53 hectares
Population 2,872
Male Population 1,486
Female Population 1,386
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 933
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karahi Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Karahi Kalan is the 13th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 810 residents. Its 686.53 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Karahi Kalan

Karahi Kalan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karahi Kalan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Karahi Kalan from other places

Karahi Kalan lies about 22 km from Satna, and the nearest railway station is Unchhera, about 4.5 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 Karahi Kalan
Nearest railway station Unchhera 4.5 km
Nearest town Maihar 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Unchahara 22 km
District headquarters Satna 22 km

Villages closest to Karahi Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Unchahara 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 Karahi Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Karahi Kalan village had a population of 2,872. That makes it the 13th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 810 residents.

Karahi Kalan village has 1,486 males and 1,386 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karahi Kalan has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 949.

Karahi Kalan covers 686.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karahi Kalan falls under Unchahara tehsil of Satna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karahi Kalan is Unchhera, about 4.5 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 - 10 km distance for Karahi Kalan.

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

Karahi Kalan is in Unchahara tehsil of Satna district. Unchhera is about 4.5 km away. Maihar is about 15 km away. Unchahara 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 Karahi Khurd (1.9 km), Chauthaha (2.4 km) and Chauthar (2.4 km).

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

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