# Karlai Village, Chaurai, Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Chaurai, Chhindwara 

# Karlai

Karlai is a village in Chaurai sub-district of Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **816 people in 204 households**, the 98th largest of 184 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 816people (2011)
- 204households
- 59.0%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Karlai PIN code and other codes

Karlai falls in Chaurai sub-district, Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockChaurai
- Census village code494335

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

## How far is Karlai from nearby towns?

- Chaurai (sub-district HQ)16 km by road
- Chhindwara (district HQ)51 km by road
- Chaurai Khas (nearest town)16 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 Karlai?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Karlai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Saakha
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chhindwara
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 6 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 Karlai known for?

About 50% of the 741 hectares of village land is sown, and 114 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 Karlai

Of every 100 households in Karlai in 2011, 70 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Karlai · ■ Chaurai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**70%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**88%

Tap water ****27%**

**33%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**13%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**95%

Use banking services ****83%**

**36%

Television ****14%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****71%**

**46%

Own their home ****88%**

**93%

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 Karlai?

■ Karlai · ■ Chaurai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.0%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****767**

**941

Working population ****54.7%**

**48.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.6% for men and 49.3% for women. 64% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 105 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 157 (35%) · **■** Other work 36 (8%) · **■** Marginal 148 (33%)

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 Chaurai

- Amgaon826 people
- Dhanora824 people
- Khapa Bihari822 people
- Jamuniya819 people
- Muwar814 people
- Amabon802 people
- Dutmur Mal.792 people
- Hirri791 people

[All 190 villages in Chaurai](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/chhindwara/chaurai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Karlai from Chhindwara?51 km by road
- What is the population of Karlai?816 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karlai in?Chhindwara district (Chaurai sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Karlai?59.0% (Census 2011)