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About Karra Village

Karra is a small village in Madhogarh tehsil, in the district of Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 368, made up of 203 males and 165 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 813 females per 1000 males. The village covers 253 hectares hectares.

Karra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karra village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jalaun
Tehsil Madhogarh
Area (hectares) 253 hectares
Population 368
Male Population 203
Female Population 165
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 813
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karra compares

By the 2011 count Karra is the 199th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,359 residents. Its 253 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 867.

Getting to Karra

Karra is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Karra as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Karra from other places

Karra lies about 33 km from Jalaun, and the nearest railway station is Bhartana, about 39 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 Karra
Tehsil headquarters Madhogarh 14 km
District headquarters Jalaun 33 km
Nearest town Lahār 33 km
Nearest railway station Bhartana 39 km

Villages closest to Karra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karra village had a population of 368. That makes it the 199th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,359 residents.

Karra village has 203 males and 165 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karra has about 813 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 867.

Karra covers 253 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karra falls under Madhogarh tehsil of Jalaun district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karra is Bhartana, about 39 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Karra.

Karra is about 33 km from Jalaun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karra is in Madhogarh tehsil of Jalaun district. Madhogarh is about 14 km away. Jalaun is about 33 km away. Lahār is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jaigha (under 2 km), Mai (2.3 km) and Chandpura (3.2 km).

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

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