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By population, Karav ranks #15 of 77 villages in Ambarnath mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Karav is a village of 1,757 people in 290 households (Census 2011) in Ambarnath taluka, Thane district, Maharashtra, the 15th-largest of 77 villages in Ambarnath taluka. Literacy is 65%, 4 points below the taluka average, and the sex ratio is 840 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 421503, served by Kulgaon post office; the LGD village code is 553079. The sarpanch is darshana banote, and the village votes in Akole assembly constituency, represented by Dr. Kiran Yamaji Lahamate. The population is estimated at 2,072 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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