Karera

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Karera
Municipality
Janpad karera
Karera Location in Madhya Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 25°28′N 78°09′E / 25.47°N 78.15°E / 25.47; 78.15
Country	India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shivpuri
[Subdistrict]	Karera
Government
• Type	Congress
• MLA	Mr. Pragilal Jatav
• Rank	2nd (in district)
Elevation	305 m (1,001 ft)
Population  (2017)
• Total	138,000
• Rank	2nd (in district)
Languages
• Official	Hindi, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	473660
Telephone code	+91-7493
ISO 3166 code	MP-IN
Vehicle registration	MP 33

Karera is a municipality or Nagar Parishad in the Shivpuri district of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

Karera is the second-largest city in the Shivpuri district after Shivpuri itself. Karera is located at 25°28′N 78°09′E / 25.47°N 78.15°E / 25.47; 78.15.^[1] It has an average elevation of 305 meters (1000 feet) and covers approximately 41.8 km.

According to the 2011 India census,^[2] Karera has a population of over 28,000. 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%.

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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

The Karera Wildlife Sanctuary 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.

Karera is covered by an extensive fiber optic network. The Karera fixed telephone line operator in the city is BSNL. 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 IPTV services are provided by BSNL. The city is also connected to Digital TV.

Karera is connected with neighboring cities and other major cities of India by road (NH-25) Shivpuri, (NH-27) Jhansi, Sagar, Datia, Dabra, Lucknow, Indore, Bhopal, Guna, Gwalior, Kota, Orai, Kanpur, Allahabad, Ajmer, Jaipur, Udaipur, Ahmedabad.

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

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.

The nearest major airport is located at Gwalior which operates flights to Delhi, Bhopal, Indore, Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Jabalpur, Jaipur, and most large cities in India.