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About Karkara Village

Karkara is a small village in Khilchipur tehsil, in the district of Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 445, made up of 230 males and 215 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 381.56 hectares hectares.

Karkara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karkara village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Rajgarh
Tehsil Khilchipur
Area (hectares) 381.56 hectares
Population 445
Male Population 230
Female Population 215
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 935
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karkara compares

By the 2011 count Karkara is the 119th largest of the 282 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 531 residents. Its 381.56 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Karkara

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

How far is Karkara from other places

Karkara lies about 12 km from Rajgarh, and the nearest railway station is Sinduriya Kachari, about 32 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 Karkara
Tehsil headquarters Khilchipur 3.8 km
District headquarters Rajgarh 12 km
Nearest town Rājgarh 12 km
Nearest railway station Sinduriya Kachari 32 km

Villages closest to Karkara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karkara village had a population of 445. That makes it the 119th largest of the 282 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 531 residents.

Karkara village has 230 males and 215 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkara has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 973.

Karkara covers 381.56 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.

Karkara falls under Khilchipur tehsil of Rajgarh district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karkara is Sinduriya Kachari, about 32 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Karkara.

Karkara is about 12 km from Rajgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karkara is in Khilchipur tehsil of Rajgarh district. Khilchipur is about 3.8 km away. Rajgarh is about 12 km away. Rājgarh is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kalyanpura (under 2 km), Chandpura (1.5 km) and Pithapura (1.9 km).

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

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