About Kara Village

Kara is a mid sized village in Dharni tehsil, in the district of Amravati, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,371, made up of 680 males and 691 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 517 hectares hectares.

Kara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kara village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Amravati
Tehsil	Dharni
Area (hectares)	517 hectares
Population	1,371
Male Population	680
Female Population	691
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,016
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kara compares

By the 2011 count Kara is the 40th largest of the 151 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,112 residents. Its 517 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Kara

Kara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kara as Available within village. 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 Kara from other places

Kara lies about 20 km from Amravati, and the nearest railway station is Chandur, about 12 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 Kara
Nearest railway station	Chandur	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dharni	20 km
District headquarters	Amravati	20 km

Villages closest to Kara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kara village had a population of 1,371. That makes it the 40th largest of the 151 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,112 residents.

Kara village has 680 males and 691 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kara has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 966.

Kara covers 517 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kara falls under Dharni tehsil of Amravati district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Kara is Chandur, about 12 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kara.

Kara is about 20 km from Amravati in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kara is in Dharni tehsil of Amravati district. Chandur is about 12 km away. Dharni is about 20 km away. Amravati is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.