About Karakwani Village

Karakwani is a small village in Goharganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 472, made up of 256 males and 216 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 844 females per 1000 males. The village covers 146.51 hectares hectares.

Karakwani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karakwani village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Tehsil	Goharganj
Area (hectares)	146.51 hectares
Population	472
Male Population	256
Female Population	216
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	844
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 Karakwani compares

By the 2011 count Karakwani is the 110th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 719 residents. Its 146.51 hectares work out to about 3.2 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 911.

Getting to Karakwani

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

Karakwani lies about 36 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Barkhera, about 17 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 Karakwani
Tehsil headquarters	Goharganj	11 km
Nearest railway station	Barkhera	17 km
Nearest town	Ubaidullāhganj	20 km
District headquarters	Raisen	36 km

Villages closest to Karakwani

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Karakwani

As per the Census of India 2011, Karakwani village had a population of 472. That makes it the 110th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 719 residents.

Karakwani village has 256 males and 216 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karakwani has about 844 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 911.

Karakwani covers 146.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karakwani falls under Goharganj tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karakwani is Barkhera, about 17 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 Karakwani.

Karakwani is about 36 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karakwani is in Goharganj tehsil of Raisen district. Goharganj is about 11 km away. Barkhera is about 17 km away. Ubaidullāhganj is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.