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About Karthara Village

Karthara is a small village in Orai tehsil, in the district of Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 242, made up of 134 males and 108 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 806 females per 1000 males. The village covers 284.35 hectares hectares.

Karthara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karthara village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jalaun
Tehsil Orai
Area (hectares) 284.35 hectares
Population 242
Male Population 134
Female Population 108
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 806
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 Karthara compares

By the 2011 count Karthara is the 115th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,545 residents. Its 284.35 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 856.

Getting to Karthara

Karthara is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Karthara 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 Karthara from other places

Karthara lies about 35 km from Jalaun, and the nearest railway station is Ait Junction, about 11 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 Karthara
Nearest railway station Ait Junction 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Orai 23 km
District headquarters Jalaun 35 km

Villages closest to Karthara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karthara village had a population of 242. That makes it the 115th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,545 residents.

Karthara village has 134 males and 108 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karthara has about 806 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 856.

Karthara covers 284.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karthara falls under Orai tehsil of Jalaun district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karthara is Ait Junction, about 11 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 Karthara.

Karthara is about 35 km from Jalaun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karthara is in Orai tehsil of Jalaun district. Ait Junction is about 11 km away. Orai is about 23 km away. Jalaun is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khadani (2.4 km), Kotra (2.5 km) and Barsar (4.1 km).

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

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