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About Karanpur Village

Karanpur is a mid sized village in Himatnagar tehsil, in the district of Sabar Kantha, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,199, made up of 630 males and 569 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 903 females per 1000 males. The village covers 307.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 383030, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanpur village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Sabar Kantha
Tehsil Himatnagar
Pincode 383030
Area (hectares) 307.59 hectares
Population 1,199
Male Population 630
Female Population 569
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 903
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karanpur compares

By the 2011 count Karanpur is the 66th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,790 residents. Its 307.59 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

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 within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 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 21 km from Sabar Kantha, and the nearest railway station is Kadiyadra, about 8.7 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 Kadiyadra 8.7 km
Nearest town Idar 12 km
District headquarters Sabar Kantha 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Himatnagar 29 km

Villages closest to Karanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Himatnagar 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 1,199. That makes it the 66th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,790 residents.

Karanpur village has 630 males and 569 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanpur has about 903 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Karanpur is 383030. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karanpur covers 307.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karanpur falls under Himatnagar tehsil of Sabar Kantha district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Karanpur is Kadiyadra, about 8.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Karanpur.

Karanpur is about 21 km from Sabar Kantha in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanpur is in Himatnagar tehsil of Sabar Kantha district. Kadiyadra is about 8.7 km away. Idar is about 12 km away. Sabar Kantha is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nava (2.9 km), Navalpur (2.9 km) and Navanagar (2.9 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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