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About Maira Village

Maira is a mid sized village in Keolari tehsil, in the district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,671, made up of 849 males and 822 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 968 females per 1000 males. The village covers 375.5 hectares hectares.

Maira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maira village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Seoni
Tehsil Keolari
Area (hectares) 375.5 hectares
Population 1,671
Male Population 849
Female Population 822
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 968
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Maira compares

By the 2011 count Maira is the 11th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 829 residents. Its 375.5 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Maira

Maira 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 Maira as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Maira from other places

Maira lies about 36 km from Seoni, and the nearest railway station is Palari, about under 2 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 Maira
Nearest railway station Palari under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Keolari 12 km
Nearest town Nainpur 33 km
District headquarters Seoni 36 km

Villages closest to Maira

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maira village had a population of 1,671. That makes it the 11th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 829 residents.

Maira village has 849 males and 822 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maira has about 968 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1000.

Maira covers 375.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Maira falls under Keolari tehsil of Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Maira is Palari, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Maira.

Maira is about 36 km from Seoni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maira is in Keolari tehsil of Seoni district. Palari is about under 2 km away. Keolari is about 12 km away. Nainpur is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khaira (under 2 km), Palari (under 2 km) and Roshan (2.7 km).

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

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