About Morai Village

Morai is a mid sized village in Karahal tehsil, in the district of Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,081, made up of 555 males and 526 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1040 hectares hectares.

Morai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Morai village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Sheopur
Tehsil	Karahal
Area (hectares)	1040 hectares
Population	1,081
Male Population	555
Female Population	526
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	948
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Morai compares

By the 2011 count Morai is the 34th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,108 residents. Its 1040 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 914.

Getting to Morai

Morai is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Morai as Available within 10+ km distance. 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Morai from other places

Morai lies about 51 km from Sheopur, and the nearest railway station is Khonker, about 48 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 Morai
Tehsil headquarters	Karahal	12 km
Nearest railway station	Khonker	48 km
District headquarters	Sheopur	51 km

Villages closest to Morai

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

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Common questions about Morai

As per the Census of India 2011, Morai village had a population of 1,081. That makes it the 34th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,108 residents.

Morai village has 555 males and 526 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Morai has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 914.

Morai covers 1040 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.

Morai falls under Karahal tehsil of Sheopur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Morai is Khonker, about 48 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 10+ km distance for Morai.

Morai is about 51 km from Sheopur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Morai is in Karahal tehsil of Sheopur district. Karahal is about 12 km away. Khonker is about 48 km away. Sheopur is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.