# Kherai Village, Shadhora, Ashoknagar (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Shadhora, Ashoknagar 

# Kherai

Kherai is a village in Shadhora sub-district of Ashoknagar district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **367 people in 54 households**, the 69th largest of 97 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.

- 367people (2011)
- 54households
- 76.9%literacy
- 911females per 1,000 males

## Kherai PIN code and other codes

Kherai falls in Shadhora sub-district, Ashoknagar district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockAshoknagar
- Census village code500588

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Kherai from nearby towns?

- Shadhora (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Ashoknagar (district HQ)14 km by road
- Ashoknagar (nearest town)14 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Kherai?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Kherai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Raghogarh
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 10 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kherai known for?

The main crops are **makka, wheat and chana**. About 90% of the 311 hectares of village land is sown, and 206 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Kherai

Of every 100 households in Kherai in 2011, 64 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kherai · ■ Shadhora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**64%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****45%**

**36%

Television ****34%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**34%

Own their home ****87%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Kherai?

■ Kherai · ■ Shadhora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.9%**

**66.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****911**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1517**

**929

Working population ****55.3%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.4% for men and 68.7% for women. 66% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 41 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 31 (15%) · **■** Other work 27 (13%) · **■** Marginal 104 (51%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Shadhora

- Khiriya Tel413 people
- Kamalpur384 people
- Kachhi Bamora375 people
- Panuwa373 people
- Khejra Nai351 people
- Piprol Shadora345 people
- Gugor Mafi343 people
- Peharu Khedi327 people

[All 108 villages in Shadhora](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/ashoknagar/shadhora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kherai from Ashoknagar?14 km by road
- What is the population of Kherai?367 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kherai in?Ashoknagar district (Shadhora sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kherai?76.9% (Census 2011)