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About Karanpur Village

Karanpur is a mid sized village in Sohagpur tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,075, made up of 591 males and 484 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 819 females per 1000 males. The village covers 749.28 hectares hectares.

Karanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanpur village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Hoshangabad
Tehsil Sohagpur
Area (hectares) 749.28 hectares
Population 1,075
Male Population 591
Female Population 484
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 819
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Karanpur compares

By the 2011 count Karanpur is the 28th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 783 residents. Its 749.28 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Karanpur

Karanpur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Karanpur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karanpur from other places

Karanpur lies about 50 km from Hoshangabad. 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 Karanpur
Tehsil headquarters Sohagpur 3.2 km
Nearest town Sohāgpur 3.2 km
District headquarters Hoshangabad 50 km

Villages closest to Karanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karanpur village had a population of 1,075. That makes it the 28th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 783 residents.

Karanpur village has 591 males and 484 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanpur has about 819 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 904.

Karanpur covers 749.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karanpur falls under Sohagpur tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The census record for Karanpur notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Karanpur.

Karanpur is about 50 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanpur is in Sohagpur tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Sohagpur is about 3.2 km away. Sohāgpur is about 3.2 km away. Hoshangabad is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hirapur (under 2 km), Kalmesara (under 2 km) and Gundrai (3.0 km).

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

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