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About Chaurai Village

Chaurai is a mid sized village in Ghansaur tehsil, in the district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 680, made up of 327 males and 353 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,080 females per 1000 males. The village covers 350.03 hectares hectares.

Chaurai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaurai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Seoni
Tehsil Ghansaur
Area (hectares) 350.03 hectares
Population 680
Male Population 327
Female Population 353
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,080
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chaurai compares

By the 2011 count Chaurai is the 68th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 593 residents. Its 350.03 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Chaurai

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

Chaurai lies about 88 km from Seoni, and the nearest railway station is Ghunsore, about 15 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 Chaurai
Nearest railway station Ghunsore 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Ghansaur 15 km
Nearest town Nainpur 30 km
District headquarters Seoni 88 km

Villages closest to Chaurai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaurai village had a population of 680. That makes it the 68th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 593 residents.

Chaurai village has 327 males and 353 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaurai has about 1080 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

Chaurai covers 350.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chaurai falls under Ghansaur tehsil of Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chaurai is Ghunsore, about 15 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 Chaurai.

Chaurai is about 88 km from Seoni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaurai is in Ghansaur tehsil of Seoni district. Ghunsore is about 15 km away. Ghansaur is about 15 km away. Nainpur is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Putrai (1.7 km), Budhna (1.8 km) and Kindrai (2.0 km).

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

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