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About Karua Village

Karua is a mid sized village in Sohagpur tehsil, in the district of Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,742, made up of 870 males and 872 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,002 females per 1000 males. The village covers 342.42 hectares hectares.

Karua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karua village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shahdol
Tehsil Sohagpur
Area (hectares) 342.42 hectares
Population 1,742
Male Population 870
Female Population 872
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,002
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karua compares

By the 2011 count Karua is the 43rd largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,056 residents. Its 342.42 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Karua

Karua is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Karua as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Kanchanpur, Kapildhara, Karkat and Karkati. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Karua

As per the Census of India 2011, Karua village had a population of 1,742. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,056 residents.

Karua village has 870 males and 872 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karua has about 1002 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 986.

Karua covers 342.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karua falls under Sohagpur tehsil of Shahdol district in Madhya Pradesh.

The census record for Karua notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Karua is in Sohagpur tehsil of Shahdol district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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