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About Karahra Village

Karahra is a mid sized village in Barun tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 789, made up of 416 males and 373 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 163 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 824124, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karahra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karahra village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Aurangabad
Tehsil Barun
Pincode 824124
Area (hectares) 163 hectares
Population 789
Male Population 416
Female Population 373
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 897
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karahra compares

By the 2011 count Karahra is the 89th largest of the 174 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,091 residents. Its 163 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 924.

Getting to Karahra

Karahra is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karahra as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karahra from other places

Karahra lies about 20 km from Aurangabad, and the nearest railway station is Anugraha Narayan Road, about 8.5 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Karahra
Nearest railway station Anugraha Narayan Road 8.5 km
Nearest town Daudnagar 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Barun 14 km
District headquarters Aurangabad 20 km

Villages closest to Karahra

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Barun tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Karahra

As per the Census of India 2011, Karahra village had a population of 789. That makes it the 89th largest of the 174 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,091 residents.

Karahra village has 416 males and 373 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karahra has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 924.

The pincode recorded for Karahra is 824124. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karahra covers 163 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karahra falls under Barun tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Karahra is Anugraha Narayan Road, about 8.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Karahra.

Karahra is about 20 km from Aurangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karahra is in Barun tehsil of Aurangabad district. Anugraha Narayan Road is about 8.5 km away. Daudnagar is about 13 km away. Barun is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kalyanpur (under 2 km), Batura (under 2 km) and Balkarna (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Karahra today is likely to be higher.

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