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About Karanpura Village

Karanpura is a mid sized village in Badnawar tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,031, made up of 513 males and 518 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 585.08 hectares hectares.

Karanpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanpura village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Dhar
Tehsil Badnawar
Area (hectares) 585.08 hectares
Population 1,031
Male Population 513
Female Population 518
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,010
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karanpura compares

By the 2011 count Karanpura is the 61st largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,257 residents. Its 585.08 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Karanpura

Karanpura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karanpura as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Karanpura from other places

Karanpura lies about 64 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Sundarabad, about 11 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 Karanpura
Nearest railway station Sundarabad 11 km
Nearest town Barnagar 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Badnawar 24 km
District headquarters Dhar 64 km

Villages closest to Karanpura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karanpura village had a population of 1,031. That makes it the 61st largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,257 residents.

Karanpura village has 513 males and 518 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanpura has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 982.

Karanpura covers 585.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karanpura falls under Badnawar tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karanpura is Sundarabad, about 11 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 village for Karanpura.

Karanpura is about 64 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanpura is in Badnawar tehsil of Dhar district. Sundarabad is about 11 km away. Barnagar is about 13 km away. Badnawar is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kalyanpura (2.9 km), Sanawada (4.7 km) and Silodiya (8.7 km).

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

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