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About Karegaon Village

Karegaon is a mid sized village in Zari Jamani tehsil, in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,226, made up of 637 males and 589 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 596.34 hectares hectares.

Karegaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karegaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Yavatmal
Tehsil Zari Jamani
Area (hectares) 596.34 hectares
Population 1,226
Male Population 637
Female Population 589
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 925
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karegaon compares

By the 2011 count Karegaon is the 14th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 777 residents. Its 596.34 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Karegaon

Karegaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karegaon as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Karegaon from other places

Karegaon lies about 20 km from Yavatmal, and the nearest railway station is Sant Gadge Baba Yavatmal Railway Station, 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 Karegaon
Nearest town Ghātanji 15 km
Nearest railway station Sant Gadge Baba Yavatmal Railway Station 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Zari Jamani 20 km
District headquarters Yavatmal 20 km

Villages closest to Karegaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Zari Jamani 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 Karegaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Karegaon village had a population of 1,226. That makes it the 14th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 777 residents.

Karegaon village has 637 males and 589 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karegaon has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 995.

Karegaon covers 596.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karegaon falls under Zari Jamani tehsil of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Karegaon is Sant Gadge Baba Yavatmal Railway Station, 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 5 - 10 km distance for Karegaon.

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

Karegaon is in Zari Jamani tehsil of Yavatmal district. Ghātanji is about 15 km away. Sant Gadge Baba Yavatmal Railway Station is about 19 km away. Zari Jamani 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 Loni (6.5 km), Ganeshpur Bk (6.6 km) and Ganeshpur Kh (6.6 km).

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

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