# Karaiya Village, Gulabganj, Vidisha (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Gulabganj, Vidisha 

# Karaiya

Karaiya is a village in Gulabganj sub-district of Vidisha district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **645 people in 156 households**, the 35th largest of 75 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 645people (2011)
- 156households
- 80.7%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Karaiya PIN code and other codes

Karaiya falls in Gulabganj sub-district, Vidisha district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockGyaraspur
- Census village code481791

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

## How far is Karaiya from nearby towns?

- Gulabganj (sub-district HQ)16 km by road
- Vidisha (district HQ)31 km by road
- Vidisha (nearest town)31 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 Karaiya?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Karaiya; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●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 · Atari Kheda
- ○Degree college10+ km · Vidisha
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Vidisha
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)8 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 Karaiya known for?

The main crops are **wheat, chana and masoor**. About 94% of the 410 hectares of village land is sown, and 172 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 Karaiya

Of every 100 households in Karaiya in 2011, 90 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Karaiya · ■ Gulabganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**74%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**83%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**19%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**93%

Use banking services ****34%**

**44%

Television ****30%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**19%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****34%**

**34%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Karaiya?

■ Karaiya · ■ Gulabganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.7%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**908

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**927

Working population ****49.5%**

**38.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.8% for men and 71.1% for women. 50% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 77 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 79 (25%) · **■** Other work 7 (2%) · **■** Marginal 156 (49%)

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 Gulabganj

- Raghunathpur695 people
- Mala690 people
- Santapur677 people
- Aran673 people
- Mahua Kheda614 people
- Kakarua Chaubisa613 people
- Barkheda Gambhir611 people
- Tumena598 people

[All 76 villages in Gulabganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/vidisha/gulabganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Karaiya from Vidisha?31 km by road
- What is the population of Karaiya?645 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karaiya in?Vidisha district (Gulabganj sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Karaiya?80.7% (Census 2011)