Karanganyar Regency () is a regency in the Indonesian province of Central Java. It covers an area of 767.79 km2 and had a population of 813,196 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 931,963 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as of mid 2025 was 968,484 (comprising 482,474 males and 486,010 females).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 27 February 2026, Kabupaten Karanganyar Dalam Angka 2026 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3313) Its administrative capital is the town of Karanganyar.
Geography Karanganyar Regency is located in the southeast of Central Java, Indonesia. It borders Magetan Regency (in East Java Province) in the east, Sragen Regency in the north, Wonogiri Regency and Sukoharjo Regency in the south, and Surakarta (Solo) city and Boyolali Regency in the west. The exclave of Colomadu District to the west is separated from the rest of the regency by Surakarta (Solo) city; it borders Surakarta to the east, Boyolali Regency to the north and west, and Sukoharjo Regency to the south.
Karanganyar is located between 110°40′E and 110°70′E and between 7°28′S and 7°46′S; the average height is 511 metres above sea level.Karanganyar Regency website, accessed 30 July 2020. Karanganyar Regency covers 76,978.64 hectares (2021 data), which consists of wetlands (19,945.67 hectares) and dry ground (56,832.97 hectares).Karanganyar Regency website, accessed 30 July 2020. The wet land consists of an irrigated area (7,872 hectares), divided into a technical irrigation system area (6,144 hectares), a simple irrigation area (7,134 hectares), and a rainfall rice field (1,693 hectares). Meanwhile, the areas provided for buildings are 20,732 hectares. Areas for gardening are 17,937 hectares, and for plantation are 3,251 hectares.
Administrative districts Karanganyar Regency comprises seventeen districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and the 2020 Census,Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. together with the official estimates as at mid 2025.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 27 February 2026, Kabupaten Karanganyar Dalam Angka 2026 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3313) The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 162 rural desa and 15 urban kelurahan), and its post code.
Kode Wilayah Name ofDistrict(kecamatan) Area inkm2 Pop'nCensus2010 Pop'nCensus2020 Pop'nEstimatemid 2025Admincentre No.ofvillages Postcode 33.13.01 Jatipuro Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Jatipuro Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3313010 40.3727,07133,64735,752Jatipuro1057784 33.13.02 Jatiyoso Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Jatiyoso Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3313020 67.1634,70939,33940,428Jatiyoso957785 33.13.03 Jumapolo Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Jumapolo Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3313030 55.6733,91241,81444,322Jumapolo1257783 (a) 33.13.04 Jumantono Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Jumantono Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3313040 53.5540,36748,85451,481Jumantono1157782 33.13.05 Matesih Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Matesih Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3313050 26.2738,46744,31445,766Matesih957781 33.13.06 Tawangmangu Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Tawangmangu Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3313060 70.0342,35546,99848,347Tawangmangu10 (b)57792 33.13.07 Ngargoyoso Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Ngargoyoso Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3313070 65.3431,02136,58338,155Ngargoyoso957793 (c) 33.13.08 Karangpandan Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Karangpandan Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3313080 34.1137,81143,42444,913Karangpandan1157791 (d) 33.13.09 Karanganyar Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Colomadu Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3313120 (town) 43.0374,74984,94887,386Karanganyar12 (e)57711 - 57716 33.13.10 Tasikmadu Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Tasikmadu Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3313100 27.6056,11166,69069,795Tasikmadu1057721 - 57722 33.13.11 Jaten Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Jaten Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3313110 25.5578,30484,22687,371Jaten857731 33.13.12 Colomadu Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Colomadu Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3313120 15.6471,09775,31377,551Colomadu1157171 - 57179 33.13.13 Gondangrejo Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Gondangrejo Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3313130 56.8072,93387,09591,778Gondangrejo1357181 - 57188 33.13.14 Kebakkramat Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Kebakkramat Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3313140 36.4658,69564,41866,071Kebakkramat1057762 33.13.15 Mojogedang Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Mojogedang Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3313150 53.3158,14469,37272,708Mojogedang1357752 (f) 33.13.16 Kerjo Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Kerjo Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3313160 46.8232,79737,59338,748Kerjo1057753 (g) 33.13.17 Jenawi Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Jenawi Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3313170 56.0824,65327,33527,912Jenawi957794 Totals 767.79813,196931,963968,484Karanganyar177
Notes: (a) except the desa of Kadipiro (which has a postcode of 57716). (b) including 3 kelurahan (Blumbang, Kalisoro and Tawangmangu). (c) except for the desa of Dukuh (which has a postcode of 57731). (d) except for the desa of Harjosari (which has a postcode of 57715). (e) all 12 rated as kelurahan (Bejen, Bolong, Cangakan, Delingan, Gayamdompo, Gedong, Jantiharjo, Jungke, Karanganyar, Lalung, Popongan and Tegalgede). (f) except for the desa of Munggur (which has a postcode of 57716). (g) except for the desa of Karangrejo (which has a postcode of 57711).
Population The Regency had a population of 813,196 at the 2010 Census,Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. an increase of 51,171 since the previous census in 2000. At the 2020 Census it had 931,963 inhabitants, comprising 464,784 males and 467,179 females,Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. and in mid-2024 it had an estimated 961,969 (comprising 479,433 males and 482,476 females).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, Kabupaten Karanganyar Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.3313)
Education Based on data from the Culture and Education Department of the Karanganyar Regency, in 2005 there were: 489 primary schools; 7 private primary schools; 49 general secondary schools; 27 private secondary schools; 12 senior high schools; 5 private senior high schools; 2 SMKN units and 22 private vocation schools.
The number of students in primary schools was 81,057 students with 4,483 teachers, which made the student-teacher ratio 1 : 18.08. The numbers of junior high schools were 37,558 students with 2,818 teachers, with a student-teacher ratio of 1 : 13.33. There were 20,507 high-school students, with 1,639 teachers, which made the student-teacher ratio 1 : 12.51.
Health Based on data from the Karanganyar Regency Health Bureau in 2005, the number of health facilities consisted of 3 hospitals, 21 Public Health Centres, 60 Secondary Public Health Centres, 28 nursing-midwiferies, and 30 Clinics. Figures for health workers: there were 80 physicians, 24 dentists, 275 midwives, and 241 nurses.
Religion There are 1,821 Mosques, 679 small mosques, 127 Churches, 12 Temples and 1 Vihara.
Heritage & Tourism
Karanganyar is also home to the Mangadeg Hill (also known as Truloroyo) Mangkunegaran royal burial complex built upon a small mountain. In the immediate vicinity are the Pablengan ruins of ritual bathing pools, fed by seven natural springs. Several hundred metres away is the mausoleum complex of former President Suharto Astana Giribangun as well as the alleged final resting place of legendary Javanese leader Raden Mas Sambernyawa at the peak of this same hill, titled Argosari.(2007) Vaisulis Justine, Indonesia, pages 206–208. Lonely Planet (2007):
There are a substantial number of especially Javanese tourists who visit the Mangadeg and Argosari cemeteries to pray to Samboernowo for assistance in life, particularly business or political affairs, in line with the Kejawen or Kebatinan ancestor-worship/shamanic belief system.(2008) personnel communications with Pak Aloisius Suwardi, Jakarta and common knowledge
Karanganyar also has a great waterfall called "Grojogan Sewu", which means "thousand waterfall", located in Tawangmangu District.
Bio-pharmaceutical Center April 2011: The research and technology ministry is sponsoring the formation of a bio-pharmaceutical center in Karanganyar Regency to improve the cultivation and post-harvest products of local farmer such as ginger, turmeric, black wild ginger, kencur.
References
Further reading Statistics for Kranganyar Regency, various Indonesian governmental Departments including Departemen Budaya dan Edukasi and Departamen Pertanian, 2005 figures. Indonesia. Vaisulis, Justine. Lonely Planet, 2007. (softcover). Indonesia. Backshall, Robert. Rough Guides (Penguin publishing), 2nd edition, 2003, pp251. (softcover)