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About Abas Village

Abas is a mid sized village in Karera tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,028, made up of 541 males and 487 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 594.85 hectares hectares.

Abas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Abas village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shivpuri
Tehsil Karera
Area (hectares) 594.85 hectares
Population 1,028
Male Population 541
Female Population 487
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 900
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 Abas compares

By the 2011 count Abas is the 71st largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,656 residents. Its 594.85 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 well above the tehsil average of 857.

Getting to Abas

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

Abas lies about 68 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Karari, about 18 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 Abas
Nearest railway station Karari 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Karera 20 km
District headquarters Shivpuri 68 km

Villages closest to Abas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Abas village had a population of 1,028. That makes it the 71st largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,656 residents.

Abas village has 541 males and 487 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Abas has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 857.

Abas covers 594.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Abas falls under Karera tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Abas is Karari, about 18 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 Abas.

Abas is about 68 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Abas is in Karera tehsil of Shivpuri district. Karari is about 18 km away. Karera is about 20 km away. Shivpuri is about 68 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Algi (under 2 km), Chandawara (1.8 km) and Dinara (2.5 km).

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

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