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About Keshlai Village

Keshlai is a small village in Barghat tehsil, in the district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 235, made up of 116 males and 119 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 140.7 hectares hectares.

Keshlai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keshlai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Seoni
Tehsil Barghat
Area (hectares) 140.7 hectares
Population 235
Male Population 116
Female Population 119
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,026
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Keshlai compares

By the 2011 count Keshlai is the 118th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,370 residents. Its 140.7 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Keshlai

Keshlai is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Keshlai as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Keshlai from other places

Keshlai lies about 32 km from Seoni, and the nearest railway station is Bhoma, about 21 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 Keshlai
Tehsil headquarters Barghat 14 km
Nearest railway station Bhoma 21 km
District headquarters Seoni 32 km

Villages closest to Keshlai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Keshlai village had a population of 235. That makes it the 118th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,370 residents.

Keshlai village has 116 males and 119 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keshlai has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1017.

Keshlai covers 140.7 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.

Keshlai falls under Barghat tehsil of Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Keshlai is Bhoma, about 21 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Keshlai.

Keshlai is about 32 km from Seoni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keshlai is in Barghat tehsil of Seoni district. Barghat is about 14 km away. Bhoma is about 21 km away. Seoni is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ulat (2.1 km), Lalpur (3.9 km) and Gangpur (4.3 km).

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

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