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About Kargaon Village

Kargaon is a small village in Akbarpur tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 188, made up of 103 males and 85 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 825 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132.5 hectares hectares.

Kargaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kargaon village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil Akbarpur
Area (hectares) 132.5 hectares
Population 188
Male Population 103
Female Population 85
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 825
Bus Service (public) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kargaon compares

By the 2011 count Kargaon is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,782 residents. Its 132.5 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 868.

Getting to Kargaon

Kargaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kargaon as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kargaon from other places

Kargaon lies about 16 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Patra, about 2.5 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 Kargaon
Nearest railway station Patra 2.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Akbarpur 9.6 km
District headquarters Kanpur Dehat 16 km
Nearest town Jhīnjhak 26 km

Villages closest to Kargaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kargaon village had a population of 188. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,782 residents.

Kargaon village has 103 males and 85 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kargaon has about 825 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 868.

Kargaon covers 132.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kargaon falls under Akbarpur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kargaon is Patra, about 2.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as not recorded for Kargaon.

Kargaon is about 16 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kargaon is in Akbarpur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Patra is about 2.5 km away. Akbarpur is about 9.6 km away. Kanpur Dehat is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Aseni (under 2 km), Patra Tappa Mandauli (1.5 km) and Naurangabad (1.6 km).

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

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