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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Karora is a village in Bhitarwar mandal, Gwalior district, Madhya Pradesh with a population of 246 across 51 households. The village has a literacy rate of 50.4% and is situated at coordinates 25.873°N, 78.132°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
manoj chaudhry
Contact: 96****1756
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- LGD code
- 454192
- Pincode
- 475220
- Post office
- Bhitarwar
- Population
- 246
- Households
- 51
- Literacy rate
- 50.4%
- Sex ratio
- 850 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 87
- Distance to district centre
- 6 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 18 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 300 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 318 km
- Nearest railway station
- Anant Paith · 17 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Modi Hospital · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Karora compares
By population, Karora ranks #76 of 85 villages in Bhitarwar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
50.4%
−3.6% vs mandal average
- Karora
- 50.4%
- Bhitarwar mandal
- 54.0%
- Gwalior district
- 66.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
850
−16 vs mandal average
- Karora
- 850
- Bhitarwar mandal
- 866
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Karora
- 4.8
- Bhitarwar mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Karora at a glance
Karora is a village of 246 people in 51 households (Census 2011) in Bhitarwar tehsil, Gwalior district, Madhya Pradesh, the 76th-largest of 85 villages in Bhitarwar tehsil. Literacy is 50%, 4 points below the tehsil average of 54% and the sex ratio is 850 women per 1,000 men. It lies 6 km from the Gwalior district centre, 4 km from Shekhupur, the nearest town, 17 km from Anant Paith railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 475220, served by Bhitarwar post office; the LGD village code is 454192. The nearest hospital or health centre is Modi Hospital, 8 km away. The sarpanch is manoj chaudhry, and the village votes in Karera assembly constituency, represented by MLA Khatik Ramesh Prasad. The population is estimated at 290 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karora · this village | 246 | 50% | — |
| Karora · Mohanlalganj | 3,289 | 56% | 0.6 km E |
| Karora · Tarabganj | 1,205 | 39% | 0.6 km E |
| Ikahara · Bhitarwar | 982 | 64% | 1.6 km S |
| Berkheda · Chinour | 614 | 27% | 1.6 km N |
| Sonta Khiriya · Bhitarwar | 750 | 71% | 2.2 km S |
| Nonki Saray · Chinour | 891 | 59% | 2.6 km N |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Karora
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BHITARWAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 9
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 72
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 9
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 167.69
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 152.25
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Karora
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Karora
- LGD code
- 454192
- Pincode
- 475220
- Post office
- Bhitarwar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 246
- Population (projected 2026)
- 290
- Households
- 51
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 850
- Literacy rate
- 50.4%
- Coordinates
- 25.87349°N, 78.13209°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Gwalior
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Karera
- Member of Parliament
- Bharat Singh Kushwah
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Khatik Ramesh Prasad
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- manoj chaudhry
- Block / Mandal
- Bhitarwar
Getting there
How to reach Karora
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal300 kmcapital
- Delhi318 km
- Mumbai929 km
- Hyderabad945 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAnant Paith17 km
- Hospital / PHCModi Hospital8 km
- ATM / bankState Bank ATM20 km
- Petrol pumpNayara37 km
- CollegeJawhar Navodaya Vidyalaya. Shivpuri.30 km
- Police stationMadhav Jang Police Station35 km
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Villages near Karora
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)