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About Karr Village

Karr is a mid sized village in Mungaoli tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 933, made up of 499 males and 434 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 435 hectares hectares.

Karr Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karr village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ashoknagar
Tehsil Mungaoli
Area (hectares) 435 hectares
Population 933
Male Population 499
Female Population 434
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 870
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karr compares

By the 2011 count Karr is the 69th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 851 residents. Its 435 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Karr

Karr is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karr as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Karr from other places

Karr lies about 27 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Piprai Gaon, about 4.9 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 Karr
Nearest railway station Piprai Gaon 4.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Mungaoli 14 km
District headquarters Ashoknagar 27 km

Villages closest to Karr

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karr village had a population of 933. That makes it the 69th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 851 residents.

Karr village has 499 males and 434 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karr has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 888.

Karr covers 435 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karr falls under Mungaoli tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karr is Piprai Gaon, about 4.9 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Karr.

Karr is about 27 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karr is in Mungaoli tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Piprai Gaon is about 4.9 km away. Mungaoli is about 14 km away. Ashoknagar is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tamasha (under 2 km), Chirwas (under 2 km) and Jayantipur (2.1 km).

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

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