About Erai Village

Erai is a small village in Korpana tehsil, in the district of Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 358, made up of 178 males and 180 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 509.38 hectares hectares.

Erai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Erai village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Chandrapur
Tehsil	Korpana
Area (hectares)	509.38 hectares
Population	358
Male Population	178
Female Population	180
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,011
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Erai compares

By the 2011 count Erai is the 70th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 870 residents. Its 509.38 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 940.

Getting to Erai

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

Erai lies about 17 km from Chandrapur, and the nearest railway station is Gadchandur, about 16 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 Erai
Nearest town	Ghugus	7.1 km
Nearest railway station	Gadchandur	16 km
District headquarters	Chandrapur	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Korpana	23 km

Villages closest to Erai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Erai village had a population of 358. That makes it the 70th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 870 residents.

Erai village has 178 males and 180 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Erai has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 940.

Erai covers 509.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Erai falls under Korpana tehsil of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Erai is Gadchandur, about 16 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 10+ km distance for Erai.

Erai is about 17 km from Chandrapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Erai is in Korpana tehsil of Chandrapur district. Ghugus is about 7.1 km away. Gadchandur is about 16 km away. Chandrapur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.