Karon, Deoghar (village)

Karon is a village in Karon CD block in the Deoghar subdivision of the Deoghar district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Ancient names

 * Shri Ganj
 * KaranGram (during the reign of Karna of Mahabharata)
 * Karon Gram (present official name)

Location
Karo is located at 24.12722°N, 86.74472°W.

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).

Overview
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.

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.

Area
Karo has an area of 888 ha.

Demographics
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).

Police station
There is a police station at Karon.

CD block HQ
Headquarters of Karon CD block is at Karon village.

Education
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.

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.

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.