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About Karuai Village

Karuai is a small village in Sohagpur tehsil, in the district of Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3, made up of 2 males and 1 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 500 females per 1000 males. The village covers 223.88 hectares hectares.

Karuai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karuai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shahdol
Tehsil Sohagpur
Area (hectares) 223.88 hectares
Population 3
Male Population 2
Female Population 1
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 500
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karuai compares

By the 2011 count Karuai is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,056 residents. Its 223.88 hectares work out to about 0.0 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 986.

Getting to Karuai

Karuai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karuai as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Karuai from other places

Karuai lies about 28 km from Shahdol, and the nearest railway station is Chhada, about 24 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 Karuai
Nearest railway station Chhada 24 km
Nearest town Amlai 25 km
Tehsil headquarters Sohagpur 28 km
District headquarters Shahdol 28 km

Villages closest to Karuai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karuai village had a population of 3. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,056 residents.

Karuai village has 2 males and 1 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karuai has about 500 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Karuai covers 223.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karuai falls under Sohagpur tehsil of Shahdol district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karuai is Chhada, about 24 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Karuai.

Karuai is about 28 km from Shahdol in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karuai is in Sohagpur tehsil of Shahdol district. Chhada is about 24 km away. Amlai is about 25 km away. Sohagpur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khari (under 2 km), Bartara (9.1 km) and Barutara (9.1 km).

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

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