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About Karjat Village

Karjat is a mid sized village in Ambad tehsil, in the district of Jalna, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,877, made up of 951 males and 926 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 974 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1209 hectares hectares.

Karjat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karjat village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Jalna
Tehsil Ambad
Area (hectares) 1209 hectares
Population 1,877
Male Population 951
Female Population 926
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 974
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karjat compares

By the 2011 count Karjat is the 38th largest of the 137 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,636 residents. Its 1209 hectares work out to about 1.6 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, a little above the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Karjat

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

Karjat lies about 22 km from Jalna, and the nearest railway station is Dingaon, about 19 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 Karjat
Tehsil headquarters Ambad 11 km
Nearest railway station Dingaon 19 km
District headquarters Jalna 22 km

Villages closest to Karjat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karjat village had a population of 1,877. That makes it the 38th largest of the 137 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,636 residents.

Karjat village has 951 males and 926 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karjat has about 974 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 942.

Karjat covers 1209 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.

Karjat falls under Ambad tehsil of Jalna district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Karjat is Dingaon, about 19 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 Karjat.

Karjat is about 22 km from Jalna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karjat is in Ambad tehsil of Jalna district. Ambad is about 11 km away. Dingaon is about 19 km away. Jalna is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhangar Pimpalgaon (2.1 km), Shiradhon (2.7 km) and Hast Pokhari (3.5 km).

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

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