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About Karan Village

Karan is a mid sized village in Karjan tehsil, in the district of Vadodara, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 703, made up of 374 males and 329 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 457.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 392220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karan village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Vadodara
Tehsil Karjan
Pincode 392220
Area (hectares) 457.07 hectares
Population 703
Male Population 374
Female Population 329
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 880
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karan compares

By the 2011 count Karan is the 74th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,475 residents. Its 457.07 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

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 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 30 km from Vadodara, and the nearest railway station is Miyagam Karjan Junction, about under 2 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
Tehsil headquarters Karjan under 2 km
Nearest railway station Miyagam Karjan Junction under 2 km
District headquarters Vadodara 30 km

Villages closest to Karan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karan village had a population of 703. That makes it the 74th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,475 residents.

Karan village has 374 males and 329 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karan has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

The pincode recorded for Karan is 392220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karan covers 457.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karan falls under Karjan tehsil of Vadodara district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Karan is Miyagam Karjan Junction, about under 2 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 km distance for Karan.

Karan is about 30 km from Vadodara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karan is in Karjan tehsil of Vadodara district. Karjan is about under 2 km away. Miyagam Karjan Junction is about under 2 km away. Vadodara is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Miyagam (3.5 km), Pura (7.5 km) and Manglej (7.5 km).

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

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