About Kerha Village

Kerha is a small village in Jaitpur tehsil, in the district of Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 492, made up of 261 males and 231 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 488.68 hectares hectares.

Kerha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kerha village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shahdol
Tehsil	Jaitpur
Area (hectares)	488.68 hectares
Population	492
Male Population	261
Female Population	231
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	885
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kerha compares

By the 2011 count Kerha is the 118th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 879 residents. Its 488.68 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Kerha

Kerha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kerha 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 within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Karchul, Karhi Tola, Karraban and Karraua. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

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Common questions about Kerha

As per the Census of India 2011, Kerha village had a population of 492. That makes it the 118th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 879 residents.

Kerha village has 261 males and 231 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kerha has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Kerha covers 488.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kerha falls under Jaitpur tehsil of Shahdol district in Madhya Pradesh.

The census record for Kerha notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Kerha is in Jaitpur tehsil of Shahdol district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.