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About Karanpur Village

Karanpur is a mid sized village in Jagdalpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,580, made up of 1,065 males and 515 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 484 females per 1000 males. The village covers 445.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanpur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Jagdalpur
Pincode 494001
Area (hectares) 445.67 hectares
Population 1,580
Male Population 1,065
Female Population 515
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 484
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karanpur compares

By the 2011 count Karanpur is the 20th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents. Its 445.67 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Karanpur

Karanpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karanpur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karanpur from other places

Karanpur lies about 26 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Amagura, about 5.0 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Karanpur
Nearest railway station Amagura 5.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Jagdalpur 14 km
District headquarters Bastar 26 km

Villages closest to Karanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jagdalpur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Karanpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Karanpur village had a population of 1,580. That makes it the 20th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents.

Karanpur village has 1,065 males and 515 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanpur has about 484 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Karanpur is 494001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karanpur covers 445.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karanpur falls under Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Karanpur is Amagura, about 5.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Karanpur.

Karanpur is about 26 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanpur is in Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district. Amagura is about 5.0 km away. Jagdalpur is about 14 km away. Bastar is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bijaput (under 2 km), Upanpal (under 2 km) and Nagarnar (2.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Karanpur today is likely to be higher.

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