Near Kareli, an ancient fair called Barmaan Mela[3] is organised every year in the month of January on the bank of the river Narmada.

India's longest highway NH-44 (Old Name-NH-26) passes through Kareli and also connected to almost every part of the country by rail network.

Before the construction of the Bina-Katni branch of the Indian Midland Railway, the metaled road from Saugor crossing the Nerbudda at Barmhan brought the bulk of the produce of the Sagar District to Kareli station.

The trade of Kareli has now considerably declined, but it is still the exporting station for the southern parts of the Rehli tahsil of Sagar and the north of Narsinghpur.

[5] Main villages: Dilheri, Umariya, Amgoan, Mohad, Amhenta, Jowa, Bhugwara, Pipariya, and Khiriya.

The Kareli Municipality has population of 29,929 of which 15,592 are males while 14,337 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.

Moreover, the child sex ratio in Kareli is around 873 compared to the Madhya Pradesh state average of 918.

Kareli Municipality has total administration over 6,490 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage.

It is also authorized to build roads within municipality limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.

Child (aged under 6 years) population of Kareli tahsil is 13%, among them 52% are boys and 48% are girls.

Kareli is biggest Gur Mandi (Market of JAGGERY) of Madhya Pradesh.

For old equipment, there are ploughs, bullock carts, bakhar, hansiya, and various types of knives and khurpi.

The major Kharif crops are: paddy, jowar, bajra, makka, kondo and kutki.

Other industries include cement pipes, paper mills, plastic and rubber, leather goods, earthen utensils and pots.

[8]Barman is situated at NH 44 (Srinagar-Kanyakumari Highway) and 12 kilometres (7 mi) away from Kareli railway station, and the bank of river Narmada.

Different beneficial schemes information and achievement have shown throes which people get benefit out of this exhibition, and also avail the district out of 20% on different sale items.

The station is of a very ancient time and not much remains of this fort which was built by Genha dynasty's King, Gond, Sangram Shah in the 15th century.

Kareli is located on the NH 44 North-South Corridor (Srinagar-Kanyakumari) and MP-SH 22 (Sandalpur–Hoshangabad-Piparia-Narsinghpur–Jabalpur-Dindori) The buses from and to Jabalpur, Bhopal, Indore, Chhindwara, Narsinghpur, Gadarwara, Sagar, Pipariya, Hoshangabad are available.

The station of Kareli along with Bagra Tawa, Sohagpur, Pipariya, Gadarwara were also built by them.

Kareli has daily running trains for New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Itarsi, Gwalior, Allahabad, Varanasi, Patna and several other places in India.

Another near junction is Jabalpur (100 km) which is also the zonal office of the west central rail zone.