About Kherai Village

Kherai is a mid sized village in Karera tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,773, made up of 910 males and 863 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 944 hectares hectares.

Kherai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kherai village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shivpuri
Tehsil	Karera
Area (hectares)	944 hectares
Population	1,773
Male Population	910
Female Population	863
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	948
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kherai compares

By the 2011 count Kherai is the 31st largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,656 residents. Its 944 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 Kherai

Kherai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kherai as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 52 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Khajraha, about 31 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
Tehsil headquarters	Karera	9.9 km
Nearest railway station	Khajraha	31 km
District headquarters	Shivpuri	52 km

Villages closest to Kherai

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.

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Common questions about Kherai

As per the Census of India 2011, Kherai village had a population of 1,773. That makes it the 31st largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,656 residents.

Kherai village has 910 males and 863 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kherai has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 857.

Kherai covers 944 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 Karera tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kherai is Khajraha, about 31 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Kherai.

Kherai is about 52 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 Karera tehsil of Shivpuri district. Karera is about 9.9 km away. Khajraha is about 31 km away. Shivpuri is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.