Karon | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 24°07′38″N 86°44′41″E / 24.127222°N 86.744722°E | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Jharkhand |
District | Deoghar |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 5,110 |
Languages .*For language details see Karon, Deoghar#Language and religion | |
• Official | Hindi, Urdu |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 815357 (Karongram) |
Telephone/ STD code | 06432 |
Lok Sabha constituency | Godda |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Madhupur |
Website | deoghar |
Karon is a village in Karon CD block in the Deoghar subdivision of the Deoghar district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Karo is located at 24°07′38″N 86°44′41″E / 24.127222°N 86.744722°E.
In the map of Karon CD block in the District Census Handbook, Deoghar, Karon is shown as being part of Karo mouza (MDDS PLCN - 920).[1]
The map shows a large area, which is a plateau with low hills, except in the eastern portion where the Rajmahal hills intrude into this area and the Ramgarh hills are there. The south-western portion is just a rolling upland. The entire area is overwhelmingly rural with only small pockets of urbanisation.[2]
Note: The full screen map is interesting. All places marked on the map are linked in the full screen map and one can easily move on to another page of his/her choice. Enlarge the full screen map to see what else is there – one gets railway connections, many more road connections and so on.
Karo has an area of 888 hectares (2,190 acres).[3]
According to the 2011 Census of India, Karo had a total population of 5,110, of which 2,535 (50%) were males and 2,575 (50%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 643. The total number of literate persons in Karon was 4,467 (75.73% of the population over 6 years).[3]
There is a police station at Karon.[4]
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya, Karon, is a Hindi-medium girls only institution established in 2005. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class XII.[6]
Rani Mandakini High School Karogram is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1946. It has facilities for teaching from class IX to class XII.[7]
Project Kanya High School Karon is a Hindi-medium girls only institution established at Karo in 2006. It has facilities for teaching in class IX and class X.[8]