Karera is a municipality or

Nagar Parishad In India, a municipal council, also known as municipality, nagar palika, nagar parishad, nagar parisad or nagar sabha, is a self-governing Urban Local Body that administers a smaller urban areas than municipal corporations, with population of 1 ...

in the

Shivpuri district Shivpuri District () is a Districts of Madhya Pradesh, district of Madhya Pradesh States and territories of India, state of India. The town of Shivpuri is the district headquarters. National Highway 3 (India), National Highway 3 (NH-3) runs through ...

of the Indian state of

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (; ; ) is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and the largest city is Indore, Indore. Other major cities includes Gwalior, Jabalpur, and Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Sagar. Madhya Pradesh is the List of states and union te ...

Geography

Karera is the second-largest city in the Shivpuri district after Shivpuri itself. Karera is located at . It has an average elevation of 305 meters (1000 feet) and covers approximately 41.8 km.

Demographics

According to the 2011 India census, Karera has a population of over . Males constitute 55% of the population, while females constitute 45%. Sixteen percent of the population is under 6 years of age. Karera has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%. Male literacy is 83% and female literacy is 64%.

Tourist attractions

There are six Jain Temples. Other attractions include: * Karera Fort * Amola Wali Dukkaiyya * Foota Taal * Mahuar River * MP's longest river bridge Amola approximately 2 km * Samoha Dam * Rest House karera * "Nursery" Filter Road * Machhawali * Chaturbhuj Temple (Ancient temple) * Machhawali Mata Temple * Bagicha sarkar Temple * khedapati Hanuman Temple * Chaitanya ashram jhanda * Siddhan * Kacchi galii

Karera Wildlife Sanctuary

The

Karera Wildlife Sanctuary Karera Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife Sanctuary in the Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh, India. Established in 1981 to protect a population of the Great Indian bustard in the region, it is now in the process of being denotified due to opposit ...

was established in 1981, and spans an area of 202 km². The sanctuary is managed by the field director of Madhav National Park in Shivpuri district.

Communication services

Karera is covered by an extensive fiber optic network. The Karera fixed telephone line operator in the city is

BSNL Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (commonly known as BSNL) () is an Indian central public sector undertaking, under the ownership of Department of Telecommunications, which is part of the Ministry of Communications, Government of India with its he ...

. There are eight mobile phone companies in Karera, which include BSNL, VI 4G, Airtel 4G, Jio 5G, are offered by BSNL 3G. Internet broadband and

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services are provided by BSNL. The city is also connected to

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Transport

Roads

Karera is connected with neighboring cities and other major cities of India by road (NH-25)

Shivpuri Shivpuri, previously known as Sipri, is a town and a municipality in Shivpuri district, located in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is in the Gwalior Division of northwest Madhya Pradesh and is the administrative headquarters o ...

, (NH-27)

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, Sagar,

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, Kota,

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. Daily buses services operate within the city, with inter-city services also available daily to many cities in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.

Railway

Karera is not directly accessible by rail, with the nearest railway stations located in Jhansi 45 km to the east and Shivpuri 55 km west of the city.

Airways

The nearest major airport is located at

which operates flights to Delhi, Bhopal, Indore, Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Jabalpur, Jaipur, and most large cities in India.

References

{{Gwalior Division Shivpuri Cities and towns in Shivpuri district