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About Karai Village

Karai is a large village in Moth tehsil, in the district of Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,200, made up of 1,164 males and 1,036 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 960.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 285205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karai village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jhansi
Tehsil Moth
Pincode 285205
Area (hectares) 960.15 hectares
Population 2,200
Male Population 1,164
Female Population 1,036
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 890
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karai compares

By the 2011 count Karai is the 28th largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents. Its 960.15 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 903.

Getting to Karai

Karai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karai as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Karai from other places

Karai lies about 67 km from Jhansi, and the nearest railway station is Erach Road, about 11 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 Karai
Nearest railway station Erach Road 11 km
Nearest town Samthar 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Moth 22 km
District headquarters Jhansi 67 km

Villages closest to Karai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karai village had a population of 2,200. That makes it the 28th largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents.

Karai village has 1,164 males and 1,036 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karai has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 903.

The pincode recorded for Karai is 285205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karai covers 960.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karai falls under Moth tehsil of Jhansi district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karai is Erach Road, about 11 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 km distance and private bus service as Available for Karai.

Karai is about 67 km from Jhansi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karai is in Moth tehsil of Jhansi district. Erach Road is about 11 km away. Samthar is about 14 km away. Moth is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Aira (2.5 km), Badaira (2.5 km) and Lohagarh (2.9 km).

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

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