About Karatha Village

Karatha is a mid sized village in Nowgong tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,612, made up of 838 males and 774 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 924 females per 1000 males. The village covers 435.2 hectares hectares.

Karatha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karatha village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Nowgong
Area (hectares)	435.2 hectares
Population	1,612
Male Population	838
Female Population	774
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	924
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karatha compares

By the 2011 count Karatha is the 22nd largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,677 residents. Its 435.2 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 907.

Getting to Karatha

Karatha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karatha 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karatha from other places

Karatha lies about 43 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Harpalpur, about 5.3 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 Karatha
Nearest railway station	Harpalpur	5.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nowgong	22 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	43 km

Villages closest to Karatha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karatha village had a population of 1,612. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,677 residents.

Karatha village has 838 males and 774 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karatha has about 924 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 907.

Karatha covers 435.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karatha falls under Nowgong tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karatha is Harpalpur, about 5.3 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Karatha.

Karatha is about 43 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karatha is in Nowgong tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Harpalpur is about 5.3 km away. Nowgong is about 22 km away. Chhatarpur is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.