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About Karnafata Village

Karnafata is a small village in Jamner tehsil, in the district of Jalgaon, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 266, made up of 135 males and 131 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 970 females per 1000 males. The village covers 564 hectares hectares.

Karnafata Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karnafata village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Jalgaon
Tehsil Jamner
Area (hectares) 564 hectares
Population 266
Male Population 135
Female Population 131
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 970
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karnafata compares

By the 2011 count Karnafata is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,940 residents. Its 564 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 922.

Getting to Karnafata

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

Karnafata lies about 43 km from Jalgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bhagdara, about 8.1 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 Karnafata
Nearest railway station Bhagdara 8.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Jamner 14 km
Nearest town Jāmner 14 km
District headquarters Jalgaon 43 km

Villages closest to Karnafata

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karnafata village had a population of 266. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,940 residents.

Karnafata village has 135 males and 131 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karnafata has about 970 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 922.

Karnafata covers 564 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karnafata falls under Jamner tehsil of Jalgaon district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Karnafata is Bhagdara, about 8.1 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 Karnafata.

Karnafata is about 43 km from Jalgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karnafata is in Jamner tehsil of Jalgaon district. Bhagdara is about 8.1 km away. Jamner is about 14 km away. Jāmner is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shengole (under 2 km), Wakadi (2.3 km) and Chinchkhede Tarf Wakadi (3.6 km).

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

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