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About Karanpura Village

Karanpura is a small village in Sitamau tehsil, in the district of Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 471, made up of 226 males and 245 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,084 females per 1000 males. The village covers 395 hectares hectares.

Karanpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanpura village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Mandsaur
Tehsil Sitamau
Area (hectares) 395 hectares
Population 471
Male Population 226
Female Population 245
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,084
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 Karanpura compares

By the 2011 count Karanpura is the 125th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,114 residents. Its 395 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Karanpura

Karanpura is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Karanpura 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 Karanpura from other places

Karanpura lies about 33 km from Mandsaur, and the nearest railway station is Chowmahala, about 25 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
Tehsil headquarters Sitamau 7.9 km
Nearest railway station Chowmahala 25 km
Nearest town Shāmgarh 28 km
District headquarters Mandsaur 33 km

Villages closest to Karanpura

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sitamau 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 471. That makes it the 125th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,114 residents.

Karanpura village has 226 males and 245 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanpura has about 1084 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

Karanpura covers 395 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karanpura falls under Sitamau tehsil of Mandsaur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karanpura is Chowmahala, about 25 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 Karanpura.

Karanpura is about 33 km from Mandsaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanpura is in Sitamau tehsil of Mandsaur district. Sitamau is about 7.9 km away. Chowmahala is about 25 km away. Shāmgarh is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barukheda (under 2 km), Kachariya (2.5 km) and Nipanya (2.6 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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