About Karela Village

Karela is a mid sized village in Maksoodangarh tehsil, in the district of Guna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 919, made up of 494 males and 425 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 232 hectares hectares.

Karela Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karela village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Guna
Tehsil	Maksoodangarh
Area (hectares)	232 hectares
Population	919
Male Population	494
Female Population	425
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	860
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karela compares

By the 2011 count Karela is the 32nd largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 706 residents. Its 232 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 909.

Getting to Karela

Karela is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karela 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karela from other places

Karela lies about 31 km from Guna, and the nearest railway station is Taravata, about 29 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 Karela
Nearest railway station	Taravata	29 km
Tehsil headquarters	Maksoodangarh	31 km
District headquarters	Guna	31 km

Villages closest to Karela

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karela village had a population of 919. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 706 residents.

Karela village has 494 males and 425 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karela has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 909.

Karela covers 232 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karela falls under Maksoodangarh tehsil of Guna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karela is Taravata, about 29 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Karela.

Karela is about 31 km from Guna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karela is in Maksoodangarh tehsil of Guna district. Taravata is about 29 km away. Maksoodangarh is about 31 km away. Guna is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.