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About Algi Village

Algi is a large village in Karera tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,090, made up of 1,078 males and 1,012 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 528 hectares hectares.

Algi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Algi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shivpuri
Tehsil Karera
Area (hectares) 528 hectares
Population 2,090
Male Population 1,078
Female Population 1,012
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 939
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 Algi compares

By the 2011 count Algi is the 22nd largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,656 residents. Its 528 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 857.

Getting to Algi

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

Algi lies about 69 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Karari, about 17 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 Algi
Nearest railway station Karari 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Karera 21 km
District headquarters Shivpuri 69 km

Villages closest to Algi

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 Algi

As per the Census of India 2011, Algi village had a population of 2,090. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,656 residents.

Algi village has 1,078 males and 1,012 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Algi has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 857.

Algi covers 528 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Algi is Karari, about 17 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 Algi.

Algi is about 69 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Algi is in Karera tehsil of Shivpuri district. Karari is about 17 km away. Karera is about 21 km away. Shivpuri is about 69 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Abas (under 2 km), Dabardehi (2.2 km) and Chandawara (2.3 km).

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

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