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About Karnau Village

Karnau is a mid sized village in Mahavan tehsil, in the district of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 745, made up of 399 males and 346 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 183.76 hectares hectares.

Karnau Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karnau village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Mathura
Tehsil Mahavan
Area (hectares) 183.76 hectares
Population 745
Male Population 399
Female Population 346
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 867
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karnau compares

By the 2011 count Karnau is the 100th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,003 residents. Its 183.76 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 871.

Getting to Karnau

Karnau is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karnau as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Karnau from other places

Karnau lies about 26 km from Mathura, and the nearest railway station is Deen Dayal Dham, about 14 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 Karnau
Nearest railway station Deen Dayal Dham 14 km
Nearest town Sadābād 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Mahavan 26 km
District headquarters Mathura 26 km

Villages closest to Karnau

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karnau village had a population of 745. That makes it the 100th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,003 residents.

Karnau village has 399 males and 346 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karnau has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 871.

Karnau covers 183.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karnau falls under Mahavan tehsil of Mathura district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karnau is Deen Dayal Dham, about 14 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available for Karnau.

Karnau is about 26 km from Mathura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karnau is in Mahavan tehsil of Mathura district. Deen Dayal Dham is about 14 km away. Sadābād is about 17 km away. Mahavan is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Selkhera (under 2 km), Kachnau (1.8 km) and Patlauni (2.0 km).

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

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