About Karankhed Village

Karankhed is a mid sized village in Chikhli tehsil, in the district of Buldana, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 968, made up of 505 males and 463 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 609.87 hectares hectares.

Karankhed Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karankhed village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Buldana
Tehsil	Chikhli
Area (hectares)	609.87 hectares
Population	968
Male Population	505
Female Population	463
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	917
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karankhed compares

By the 2011 count Karankhed is the 88th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,711 residents. Its 609.87 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 932.

Getting to Karankhed

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

Karankhed lies about 24 km from Buldana, and the nearest railway station is Khamgaon, about 39 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 Karankhed
Tehsil headquarters	Chikhli	14 km
District headquarters	Buldana	24 km
Nearest railway station	Khamgaon	39 km

Villages closest to Karankhed

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karankhed village had a population of 968. That makes it the 88th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,711 residents.

Karankhed village has 505 males and 463 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karankhed has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 932.

Karankhed covers 609.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karankhed falls under Chikhli tehsil of Buldana district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Karankhed is Khamgaon, about 39 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 10+ km distance for Karankhed.

Karankhed is about 24 km from Buldana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karankhed is in Chikhli tehsil of Buldana district. Chikhli is about 14 km away. Buldana is about 24 km away. Khamgaon is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.