About Karharia Village

Karharia is a mid sized village in Goradih tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,123, made up of 607 males and 516 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 850 females per 1000 males. The village covers 110 hectares hectares.

Karharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karharia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhagalpur
Tehsil	Goradih
Area (hectares)	110 hectares
Population	1,123
Male Population	607
Female Population	516
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	850
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karharia compares

By the 2011 count Karharia is the 40th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,805 residents. Its 110 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Karharia

Karharia is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Karharia as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Karharia from other places

Karharia lies about 22 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Tikani, about 12 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
Tehsil headquarters	Goradih	8.3 km
Nearest railway station	Tikani	12 km
Nearest town	Purāini	15 km
District headquarters	Bhagalpur	22 km

Villages closest to Karharia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Goradih 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 1,123. That makes it the 40th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,805 residents.

Karharia village has 607 males and 516 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karharia has about 850 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 888.

Karharia covers 110 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Karharia falls under Goradih tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Karharia is Tikani, about 12 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 10+ km distance for Karharia.

Karharia is about 22 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karharia is in Goradih tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Goradih is about 8.3 km away. Tikani is about 12 km away. Purāini is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.