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About Karanpura Village

Karanpura is a mid sized village in Kukshi tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 710, made up of 341 males and 369 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,082 females per 1000 males. The village covers 315.62 hectares hectares.

Karanpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanpura village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Dhar
Tehsil Kukshi
Area (hectares) 315.62 hectares
Population 710
Male Population 341
Female Population 369
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,082
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karanpura compares

By the 2011 count Karanpura is the 155th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,476 residents. Its 315.62 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 999.

Getting to Karanpura

Karanpura is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karanpura 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 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 49 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Tanda Road, about 2.2 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 Tanda Road 2.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Kukshi 35 km
District headquarters Dhar 49 km

Villages closest to Karanpura

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 Karanpura

As per the Census of India 2011, Karanpura village had a population of 710. That makes it the 155th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,476 residents.

Karanpura village has 341 males and 369 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanpura has about 1082 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 999.

Karanpura covers 315.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Karanpura is Tanda Road, about 2.2 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Karanpura.

Karanpura is about 49 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 Kukshi tehsil of Dhar district. Tanda Road is about 2.2 km away. Kukshi is about 35 km away. Dhar is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghore (under 2 km), Banki Tanda (2.8 km) and Tanda (2.8 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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