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About Karangarh Village

Karangarh is a small village in Mungaoli tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 47, made up of 29 males and 18 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 621 females per 1000 males. The village covers 309 hectares hectares.

Karangarh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karangarh village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ashoknagar
Tehsil Mungaoli
Area (hectares) 309 hectares
Population 47
Male Population 29
Female Population 18
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 621
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karangarh compares

By the 2011 count Karangarh is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 851 residents. Its 309 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 888.

Getting to Karangarh

Karangarh is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Karangarh as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Karangarh from other places

Karangarh lies about 52 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Mohasa, 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 Karangarh
Nearest railway station Mohasa 8.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Mungaoli 12 km
District headquarters Ashoknagar 52 km

Villages closest to Karangarh

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 Karangarh

As per the Census of India 2011, Karangarh village had a population of 47. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 851 residents.

Karangarh village has 29 males and 18 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karangarh has about 621 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

Karangarh covers 309 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Karangarh is Mohasa, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Karangarh.

Karangarh is about 52 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karangarh is in Mungaoli tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Mohasa is about 8.7 km away. Mungaoli is about 12 km away. Ashoknagar is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jagjiwanpur (under 2 km), Kirola (3.4 km) and Silawan (3.8 km).

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

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