# Tighra Village, Kareli, Narsimhapur (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Kareli, Narsimhapur 

# Tighra

Tighra is a village in Kareli sub-district of Narsimhapur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **22 people in 4 households**, the 138th largest of 139 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.2%.

- 22people (2011)
- 4households
- 88.9%literacy
- 1,200females per 1,000 males

## Tighra PIN code and other codes

Tighra falls in Kareli sub-district, Narsimhapur district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockKareli
- Census village code491353

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

## How far is Tighra from nearby towns?

- Kareli (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Narsimhapur (district HQ)4 km by road
- Narsimhapur (nearest town)4 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 Tighra?

3 services counted by the Census are inside Tighra; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Kapuri
- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Narsimhapur
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Narsimhapur
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Narsimhapur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 8 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 Tighra known for?

The main crops are **soyabean, chana and sugarcane**. About 95% of the 76 hectares of village land is sown, and 52 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 Tighra

Of every 100 households in Tighra in 2011, 75 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 25 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tighra · ■ Kareli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****75%**

**70%

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

**35%

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

**64%

Tap water ****0%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****75%**

**24%

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

**4%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****0%**

**40%

Television ****0%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****25%**

**13%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****50%**

**42%

Own their home ****25%**

**94%

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 Tighra?

■ Tighra · ■ Kareli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.9%**

**75.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1200**

**925

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**936

Working population ****59.1%**

**46.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 100.0% for men and 80.0% for women. 80% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 2 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (77%) · **■** Other work 1 (8%)

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 Kareli

- Bir Katangi39 people
- Kerpani33 people
- Bichuwa Khurd29 people
- Deori Khurd27 people
- Chapeloo20 people

[All 147 villages in Kareli](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/narsimhapur/kareli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Tighra from Narsimhapur?4 km by road
- What is the population of Tighra?22 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tighra in?Narsimhapur district (Kareli sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Tighra?88.9% (Census 2011)