About Karanpur Village

Karanpur is a mid sized village in Shambhuganj tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 955, made up of 513 males and 442 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 188 hectares hectares.

Karanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Shambhuganj
Area (hectares)	188 hectares
Population	955
Male Population	513
Female Population	442
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	862
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karanpur compares

By the 2011 count Karanpur is the 71st largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,328 residents. Its 188 hectares work out to about 5.1 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 879.

Getting to Karanpur

Karanpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karanpur as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Karanpur from other places

Karanpur lies about 30 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Kamarganj, about 18 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 Karanpur
Nearest town	Kharagpur	17 km
Nearest railway station	Kamarganj	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shambhuganj	30 km
District headquarters	Banka	30 km

Villages closest to Karanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karanpur village had a population of 955. That makes it the 71st largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,328 residents.

Karanpur village has 513 males and 442 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanpur has about 862 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 879.

Karanpur covers 188 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karanpur falls under Shambhuganj tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Karanpur is Kamarganj, about 18 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Karanpur.

Karanpur is about 30 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanpur is in Shambhuganj tehsil of Banka district. Kharagpur is about 17 km away. Kamarganj is about 18 km away. Shambhuganj is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.