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About Terai Village

Terai is a mid sized village in Khaniyadhana tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,071, made up of 580 males and 491 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 847 females per 1000 males. The village covers 535.9 hectares hectares.

Terai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Terai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shivpuri
Tehsil Khaniyadhana
Area (hectares) 535.9 hectares
Population 1,071
Male Population 580
Female Population 491
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 847
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Terai compares

By the 2011 count Terai is the 63rd largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,216 residents. Its 535.9 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 879.

Getting to Terai

Terai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Terai as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Terai from other places

Terai lies about 28 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Kolaras, about 6.4 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 Terai
Nearest railway station Kolaras 6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Khaniyadhana 28 km
District headquarters Shivpuri 28 km

Villages closest to Terai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Terai village had a population of 1,071. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,216 residents.

Terai village has 580 males and 491 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Terai has about 847 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 879.

Terai covers 535.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Terai falls under Khaniyadhana tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Terai is Kolaras, about 6.4 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Terai.

Terai 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.

Terai is in Khaniyadhana tehsil of Shivpuri district. Kolaras is about 6.4 km away. Khaniyadhana is about 28 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.

The closest recorded villages are Chhirai (under 2 km), Guraiya (under 2 km) and Pacharai (under 2 km).

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

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