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

[1] It has an average elevation of 305 meters (1000 feet) and covers approximately 41.8 km.

The sanctuary is managed by the field director of Madhav National Park in Shivpuri district.

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.

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.