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- LGD code
- 525571
- Pincode
- 425422
- Post office
- Prakasha
- Population
- 861
- Households
- 186
- Literacy rate
- 45.9%
- Sex ratio
- 975 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 480
- Distance to district centre
- 40 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 47 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 319 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 637 km
- Nearest railway station
- Tisi · 23 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Civil Hospital, Kalsadi · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Karankheda compares
By population, Karankheda ranks #146 of 180 villages in Shahade mandal.
Literacy rate
%
45.9%
−7.5% vs mandal average
Karankheda45.9%
Shahade mandal53.4%
Nandurbar district55.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
975
−10 vs mandal average
Karankheda975
Shahade mandal985
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.4 vs mandal average
Karankheda4.6
Shahade mandal5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Karankheda at a glance
Karankheda is a village of 861 people in 186 households (Census 2011) in Shahade taluka, Nandurbar district, Maharashtra, the 146th-largest of 180 villages in Shahade taluka. Literacy is 46%, 8 points below the taluka average of 53% and the sex ratio is 975 women per 1,000 men. It lies 40 km from the Nandurbar district centre, 8 km from Prakasha, the nearest town, 23 km from Tisi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 425422, served by Prakasha post office; the LGD village code is 525571. The nearest hospital or health centre is Civil Hospital, Kalsadi, 8 km away. The village votes in Sindkheda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jayakumar Rawal. The population is estimated at 1,015 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Karankheda
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- 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)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- 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
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- Shahade
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 24
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 32
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 372.48
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 293
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Karankheda
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Key facts — Karankheda
- LGD code
- 525571
- Pincode
- 425422
- Post office
- Prakasha
- Population (Census 2011)
- 861
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,015
- Households
- 186
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 975
- Literacy rate
- 45.9%
- Coordinates
- 21.58576°N, 74.35210°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dhule
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sindkheda
- Member of Parliament
- Bachhav Shobha Dinesh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Jayakumar Rawal
- Block / Mandal
- Shahade
Getting there
How to reach Karankheda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai319 kmcapital
- Hyderabad637 km
- Delhi833 km
- Bengaluru1018 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTisi23 km
- Hospital / PHCCivil Hospital, Kalsadi8 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India14 km
- CollegeG. H. Mahajan A.C.S. junior college, Taloda14 km
- Police stationPolice Station Taloda15 km
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)