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About Karanpur Village

Karanpur is a small village in Nathnagar tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 321, made up of 157 males and 164 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,045 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64 hectares hectares.

Karanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Bhagalpur
Tehsil Nathnagar
Area (hectares) 64 hectares
Population 321
Male Population 157
Female Population 164
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,045
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Karanpur compares

By the 2011 count Karanpur is the 63rd largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,687 residents. Its 64 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 881.

Getting to Karanpur

The census records public bus service for Karanpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 31 km from Bhagalpur, 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 Nathnagar 31 km
District headquarters Bhagalpur 31 km

Villages closest to Karanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karanpur village had a population of 321. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,687 residents.

Karanpur village has 157 males and 164 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanpur has about 1045 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 881.

Karanpur covers 64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karanpur falls under Nathnagar tehsil of Bhagalpur 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 <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Karanpur.

Karanpur is about 31 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanpur is in Nathnagar tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Kharagpur is about 17 km away. Kamarganj is about 18 km away. Nathnagar is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Darabpur (3.9 km), Madhopur (12 km) and Basantpur (25 km).

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

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