# Kekrai Village, Chitrangi, Singrauli (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Chitrangi, Singrauli 

# Kekrai

Kekrai is a village in Chitrangi sub-district of Singrauli district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,338 people in 292 households**, the 95th largest of 300 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 55.6%.

- 1,338people (2011)
- 292households
- 48.7%literacy
- 874females per 1,000 males

## Kekrai PIN code and other codes

Kekrai falls in Chitrangi sub-district, Singrauli district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockChitrangi
- Census village code503456

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

## How far is Kekrai from nearby towns?

- Chitrangi (sub-district HQ)27 km by road
- Singrauli (district HQ)107 km by road
- Singrauli (nearest town)72 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 Kekrai?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Kekrai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Lamsarai
- ○Degree college10+ km · Singrauli
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Baidhan
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 12 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 Kekrai known for?

The main crops are **maize, jawar and chana**. About 74% of the 421 hectares of village land is sown, and 5 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 Kekrai

Of every 100 households in Kekrai in 2011, 35 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kekrai · ■ Chitrangi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**17%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**2%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**97%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**6%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****52%**

**35%

Television ****15%**

**4%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**55%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Kekrai?

■ Kekrai · ■ Chitrangi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.7%**

**55.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****874**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**923

Working population ****50.6%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.8% for men and 41.5% for women. 49% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 65 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 481 (71%) · **■** Other work 5 (1%) · **■** Marginal 126 (19%)

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 Chitrangi

- Gerui1,356 people
- Khamhariya Khurd1,353 people
- Deogaon1,349 people
- Gadwani1,345 people
- Sulkhan Kalan1,319 people
- Matihani1,304 people
- Darbari1,301 people
- Dhilari1,294 people

[All 305 villages in Chitrangi](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/singrauli/chitrangi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kekrai from Singrauli?107 km by road
- What is the population of Kekrai?1,338 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kekrai in?Singrauli district (Chitrangi sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kekrai?48.7% (Census 2011)