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About Karail Village

Karail is a small village in Kusmi tehsil, in the district of Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 331, made up of 177 males and 154 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 143.73 hectares hectares.

Karail Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karail village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sidhi
Tehsil Kusmi
Area (hectares) 143.73 hectares
Population 331
Male Population 177
Female Population 154
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 870
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karail compares

By the 2011 count Karail is the 73rd largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 616 residents. Its 143.73 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 972.

Getting to Karail

Karail is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karail as Available within 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 Karail from other places

Karail lies about 115 km from Sidhi, and the nearest railway station is Maihar, about 2.8 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 Karail
Nearest railway station Maihar 2.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Kusmi 25 km
District headquarters Sidhi 115 km

Villages closest to Karail

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karail village had a population of 331. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Karail village has 177 males and 154 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karail has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 972.

Karail covers 143.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karail falls under Kusmi tehsil of Sidhi district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karail is Maihar, about 2.8 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 5 - 10 km distance for Karail.

Karail is about 115 km from Sidhi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karail is in Kusmi tehsil of Sidhi district. Maihar is about 2.8 km away. Kusmi is about 25 km away. Sidhi is about 115 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sonhari (2.6 km), Khaira (4.8 km) and Badwahi (9.6 km).

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

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