About Karharia Village

Karharia is a large village in Dhuraiya tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,587, made up of 1,867 males and 1,720 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 251 hectares hectares.

Karharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karharia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Dhuraiya
Area (hectares)	251 hectares
Population	3,587
Male Population	1,867
Female Population	1,720
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	921
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karharia compares

By the 2011 count Karharia is the 12th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents. Its 251 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Karharia

Karharia is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karharia as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Karharia from other places

Karharia lies about 24 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Murahara, about 23 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 Karharia
Nearest town	Amarpur	18 km
Nearest railway station	Murahara	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhuraiya	24 km
District headquarters	Banka	24 km

Villages closest to Karharia

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

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Common questions about Karharia

As per the Census of India 2011, Karharia village had a population of 3,587. That makes it the 12th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents.

Karharia village has 1,867 males and 1,720 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karharia has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 912.

Karharia covers 251 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Karharia falls under Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Karharia is Murahara, about 23 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Karharia.

Karharia is about 24 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karharia is in Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district. Amarpur is about 18 km away. Murahara is about 23 km away. Dhuraiya is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.