About Kekrai Village

Kekrai is a mid sized village in Chitrangi tehsil, in the district of Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,338, made up of 714 males and 624 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 421.41 hectares hectares.

Kekrai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kekrai village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Singrauli
Tehsil	Chitrangi
Area (hectares)	421.41 hectares
Population	1,338
Male Population	714
Female Population	624
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	874
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kekrai compares

By the 2011 count Kekrai is the 84th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents. Its 421.41 hectares work out to about 3.2 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 939.

Getting to Kekrai

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

Kekrai lies about 41 km from Singrauli, and the nearest railway station is Khuldil Road, about 30 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 Kekrai
Tehsil headquarters	Chitrangi	18 km
Nearest railway station	Khuldil Road	30 km
Nearest town	Obra	36 km
District headquarters	Singrauli	41 km

Villages closest to Kekrai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kekrai village had a population of 1,338. That makes it the 84th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents.

Kekrai village has 714 males and 624 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kekrai has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Kekrai covers 421.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kekrai falls under Chitrangi tehsil of Singrauli district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kekrai is Khuldil Road, about 30 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 Kekrai.

Kekrai is about 41 km from Singrauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kekrai is in Chitrangi tehsil of Singrauli district. Chitrangi is about 18 km away. Khuldil Road is about 30 km away. Obra is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.