About Karharia Village

Karharia is a mid sized village in Shahkund tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,348, made up of 735 males and 613 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 834 females per 1000 males. The village covers 129 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 812006, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karharia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhagalpur
Tehsil	Shahkund
Pincode	812006
Area (hectares)	129 hectares
Population	1,348
Male Population	735
Female Population	613
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	834
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 Karharia compares

By the 2011 count Karharia is the 50th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,726 residents. Its 129 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 886.

Getting to Karharia

Karharia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karharia 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 Karharia from other places

Karharia lies about 26 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Sultanganj, 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	Shahkund	8.5 km
Nearest town	Sultānganj	12 km
Nearest railway station	Sultanganj	12 km
District headquarters	Bhagalpur	26 km

Villages closest to Karharia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shahkund 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 1,348. That makes it the 50th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,726 residents.

Karharia village has 735 males and 613 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karharia has about 834 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 886.

The pincode recorded for Karharia is 812006. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karharia covers 129 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Karharia falls under Shahkund tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Karharia is Sultanganj, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Karharia.

Karharia is about 26 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 Shahkund tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Shahkund is about 8.5 km away. Sultānganj is about 12 km away. Sultanganj is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.