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About Karav Village

Karav is a mid sized village in Ambarnath tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,757, made up of 955 males and 802 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 840 females per 1000 males. The village covers 526 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 421503, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karav Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karav village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Thane
Tehsil Ambarnath
Pincode 421503
Area (hectares) 526 hectares
Population 1,757
Male Population 955
Female Population 802
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 840
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Karav compares

By the 2011 count Karav is the 15th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,803 residents. Its 526 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Karav

Karav is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Karav 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karav from other places

Karav lies about 20 km from Thane, and the nearest railway station is Seawoods, about under 2 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 Karav
Nearest railway station Seawoods under 2 km
Nearest town Kharghar 7.2 km
District headquarters Thane 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Ambarnath 26 km

Villages closest to Karav

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karav village had a population of 1,757. That makes it the 15th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,803 residents.

Karav village has 955 males and 802 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karav has about 840 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

The pincode recorded for Karav is 421503. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karav covers 526 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karav falls under Ambarnath tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Karav is Seawoods, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Karav.

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

Karav is in Ambarnath tehsil of Thane district. Seawoods is about under 2 km away. Kharghar is about 7.2 km away. Thane is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ambhe (5.6 km), Pali (13 km) and Chandap (15 km).

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

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