About Karan Village

Karan is a mid sized village in Palsana tehsil, in the district of Surat, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,381, made up of 721 males and 660 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 915 females per 1000 males. The village covers 257.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 394305, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karan village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Surat
Tehsil	Palsana
Pincode	394305
Area (hectares)	257.92 hectares
Population	1,381
Male Population	721
Female Population	660
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	915
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karan compares

By the 2011 count Karan is the 26th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,889 residents. Its 257.92 hectares work out to about 5.4 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 946.

Getting to Karan

Karan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Karan from other places

Karan lies about 19 km from Surat, and the nearest railway station is Maroli, about 6.5 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 Karan
Nearest railway station	Maroli	6.5 km
Nearest town	Kansad	7.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Palsana	18 km
District headquarters	Surat	19 km

Villages closest to Karan

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

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Common questions about Karan

As per the Census of India 2011, Karan village had a population of 1,381. That makes it the 26th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,889 residents.

Karan village has 721 males and 660 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karan has about 915 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 946.

The pincode recorded for Karan is 394305. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karan covers 257.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karan falls under Palsana tehsil of Surat district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Karan is Maroli, about 6.5 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 5 - 10 km distance for Karan.

Karan is about 19 km from Surat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karan is in Palsana tehsil of Surat district. Maroli is about 6.5 km away. Kansad is about 7.6 km away. Palsana is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.