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About Karul Village

Karul is a mid sized village in Kankavli tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 908, made up of 431 males and 477 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,107 females per 1000 males. The village covers 540.63 hectares hectares.

Karul Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karul village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Sindhudurg
Tehsil Kankavli
Area (hectares) 540.63 hectares
Population 908
Male Population 431
Female Population 477
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,107
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karul compares

By the 2011 count Karul is the 48th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents. Its 540.63 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Karul

Karul is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karul as Available within village. 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karul from other places

Karul lies about 49 km from Sindhudurg, and the nearest railway station is Nandgaon Road, about 5.3 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 Karul
Nearest railway station Nandgaon Road 5.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Kankavli 9.1 km
Nearest town Sāvantvādi 49 km
District headquarters Sindhudurg 49 km

Villages closest to Karul

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karul village had a population of 908. That makes it the 48th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents.

Karul village has 431 males and 477 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karul has about 1107 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1082.

Karul covers 540.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karul falls under Kankavli tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Karul is Nandgaon Road, about 5.3 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 km distance for Karul.

Karul is about 49 km from Sindhudurg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karul is in Kankavli tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Nandgaon Road is about 5.3 km away. Kankavli is about 9.1 km away. Sāvantvādi is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Main (4.2 km), Sangave (5.5 km) and Phondaghat (6.2 km).

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

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