About Kherai Village

Kherai is a small village in Badarwas tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 305, made up of 165 males and 140 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 848 females per 1000 males. The village covers 160 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 473588, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kherai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kherai village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shivpuri
Tehsil	Badarwas
Pincode	473588
Area (hectares)	160 hectares
Population	305
Male Population	165
Female Population	140
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	848
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 Kherai compares

By the 2011 count Kherai is the 126th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 160 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 909.

Getting to Kherai

Kherai is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kherai 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 Kherai from other places

Kherai lies about 28 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Kolaras, about 6.5 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 Kherai
Nearest railway station	Kolaras	6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Badarwas	26 km
District headquarters	Shivpuri	28 km

Villages closest to Kherai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kherai village had a population of 305. That makes it the 126th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Kherai village has 165 males and 140 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kherai has about 848 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 909.

The pincode recorded for Kherai is 473588. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kherai covers 160 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.

Kherai falls under Badarwas tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kherai is Kolaras, about 6.5 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 Kherai.

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

Kherai is in Badarwas tehsil of Shivpuri district. Kolaras is about 6.5 km away. Badarwas is about 26 km away. Shivpuri is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.