About Karani Village

Karani is a mid sized village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 543, made up of 270 males and 273 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 3550.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karani village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sagar
Pincode	577401
Area (hectares)	3550.44 hectares
Population	543
Male Population	270
Female Population	273
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,011
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karani compares

By the 2011 count Karani is the 93rd largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 616 residents. Its 3550.44 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1029.

Getting to Karani

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

Karani lies about 81 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Talaguppa, about 16 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 Karani
Nearest railway station	Talaguppa	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sagar	22 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	22 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	81 km

Villages closest to Karani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karani village had a population of 543. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Karani village has 270 males and 273 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karani has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1029.

The pincode recorded for Karani is 577401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karani covers 3550.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karani falls under Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Karani is Talaguppa, about 16 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 village for Karani.

Karani is about 81 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karani is in Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district. Talaguppa is about 16 km away. Sagar is about 22 km away. Sāgar is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.