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About Harrai Village

Harrai is a mid sized village in Dhanora tehsil, in the district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 878, made up of 438 males and 440 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 493.95 hectares hectares.

Harrai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harrai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Seoni
Tehsil Dhanora
Area (hectares) 493.95 hectares
Population 878
Male Population 438
Female Population 440
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,005
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Harrai compares

By the 2011 count Harrai is the 29th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 754 residents. Its 493.95 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Harrai

Harrai 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 Harrai 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Harrai from other places

Harrai lies about 68 km from Seoni, and the nearest railway station is Narsinghpur, about 37 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 Harrai
Tehsil headquarters Dhanora 26 km
Nearest railway station Narsinghpur 37 km
Nearest town Kareli 37 km
District headquarters Seoni 68 km

Villages closest to Harrai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Harrai village had a population of 878. That makes it the 29th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 754 residents.

Harrai village has 438 males and 440 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harrai has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

Harrai covers 493.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Harrai falls under Dhanora tehsil of Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Harrai is Narsinghpur, about 37 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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

Harrai is about 68 km from Seoni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harrai is in Dhanora tehsil of Seoni district. Dhanora is about 26 km away. Narsinghpur is about 37 km away. Kareli is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khamariya (4.4 km), Dhanaura (6.2 km) and Boriya (8.1 km).

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

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