About Karanya Village

Karanya is a mid sized village in Jhiranya tehsil, in the district of Khargone, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,201, made up of 649 males and 552 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 851 females per 1000 males. The village covers 597.76 hectares hectares.

Karanya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanya village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Khargone
Tehsil	Jhiranya
Area (hectares)	597.76 hectares
Population	1,201
Male Population	649
Female Population	552
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	851
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karanya compares

By the 2011 count Karanya is the 73rd largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,574 residents. Its 597.76 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 995.

Getting to Karanya

Karanya is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Karanya as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Karanya from other places

Karanya lies about 32 km from Khargone, and the nearest railway station is Sirran, about 41 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 Karanya
Tehsil headquarters	Jhiranya	32 km
District headquarters	Khargone	32 km
Nearest railway station	Sirran	41 km

Villages closest to Karanya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karanya village had a population of 1,201. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,574 residents.

Karanya village has 649 males and 552 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanya has about 851 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 995.

Karanya covers 597.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karanya falls under Jhiranya tehsil of Khargone district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karanya is Sirran, about 41 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 10+ km distance for Karanya.

Karanya is about 32 km from Khargone in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanya is in Jhiranya tehsil of Khargone district. Jhiranya is about 32 km away. Khargone is about 32 km away. Sirran is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.