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About Karkada Village

Karkada is a mid sized village in Kukshi tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,448, made up of 733 males and 715 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 975 females per 1000 males. The village covers 772.7 hectares hectares.

Karkada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karkada village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Dhar
Tehsil Kukshi
Area (hectares) 772.7 hectares
Population 1,448
Male Population 733
Female Population 715
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 975
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Karkada compares

By the 2011 count Karkada is the 75th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,476 residents. Its 772.7 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 999.

Getting to Karkada

Karkada is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karkada as Available within 5 - 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karkada from other places

Karkada lies about 88 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Khandala, about 19 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 Karkada
Nearest railway station Khandala 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Kukshi 22 km
District headquarters Dhar 88 km

Villages closest to Karkada

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karkada village had a population of 1,448. That makes it the 75th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,476 residents.

Karkada village has 733 males and 715 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkada has about 975 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 999.

Karkada covers 772.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karkada falls under Kukshi tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karkada is Khandala, about 19 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Karkada.

Karkada is about 88 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karkada is in Kukshi tehsil of Dhar district. Khandala is about 19 km away. Kukshi is about 22 km away. Dhar is about 88 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barada Tanda (under 2 km), Chikli (7.3 km) and Dholya (9.2 km).

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

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