About Kharai Village

Kharai is a large village in Kolaras tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,557, made up of 1,365 males and 1,192 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 506.7 hectares hectares.

Kharai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharai village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shivpuri
Tehsil	Kolaras
Area (hectares)	506.7 hectares
Population	2,557
Male Population	1,365
Female Population	1,192
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	873
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kharai compares

By the 2011 count Kharai is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 758 residents. Its 506.7 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 869.

Getting to Kharai

Kharai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kharai as Available within village. 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 Kharai from other places

Kharai lies about 36 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Lukwasa, about 14 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 Kharai
Nearest railway station	Lukwasa	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kolaras	17 km
District headquarters	Shivpuri	36 km

Villages closest to Kharai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharai village had a population of 2,557. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 758 residents.

Kharai village has 1,365 males and 1,192 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharai has about 873 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 869.

Kharai covers 506.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kharai falls under Kolaras tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kharai is Lukwasa, about 14 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 10+ km distance for Kharai.

Kharai is about 36 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharai is in Kolaras tehsil of Shivpuri district. Lukwasa is about 14 km away. Kolaras is about 17 km away. Shivpuri is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.