# Karhaiya Village, Jamai, Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Jamai, Chhindwara 

# Karhaiya

Karhaiya is a village in Jamai sub-district of Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **561 people in 126 households**, the 135th largest of 261 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.2%.

- 561people (2011)
- 126households
- 67.9%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Karhaiya PIN code and other codes

Karhaiya falls in Jamai sub-district, Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockJamai
- Census village code494513

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

## How far is Karhaiya from nearby towns?

- Jamai (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Chhindwara (district HQ)68 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 Karhaiya?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Karhaiya; 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
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Ghodawadi Kurd
- ○Degree college10+ km · Jamai
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chhindwara
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- 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 Karhaiya known for?

The main crops are **makka, dhan and wheat**. About 30% of the 328 hectares of village land is sown, and 13 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 Karhaiya

Of every 100 households in Karhaiya in 2011, 74 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Karhaiya · ■ Jamai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****74%**

**73%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**87%

Tap water ****27%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****17%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**91%

Use banking services ****72%**

**66%

Television ****27%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**19%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****45%**

**50%

Own their home ****90%**

**89%

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 Karhaiya?

■ Karhaiya · ■ Jamai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.9%**

**54.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**988

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****686**

**950

Working population ****36.4%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.7% for men and 58.2% for women. 52% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 10 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 48 (24%) · **■** Marginal 145 (71%)

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 Jamai

- Aliwada568 people
- Bakhari568 people
- Chabdi Bhutaha565 people
- Dehri564 people
- Mandai559 people
- Mohriya556 people
- Barud545 people
- Bichhwacharanbhata545 people

[All 261 villages in Jamai](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/chhindwara/jamai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Karhaiya from Chhindwara?68 km by road
- What is the population of Karhaiya?561 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karhaiya in?Chhindwara district (Jamai sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Karhaiya?67.9% (Census 2011)