About Karharia Village

Karharia is a large village in Sonhaula tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,059, made up of 1,041 males and 1,018 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 127 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 813205, 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	Sonhaula
Pincode	813205
Area (hectares)	127 hectares
Population	2,059
Male Population	1,041
Female Population	1,018
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	978
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 26th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,428 residents. Its 127 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 907.

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
Nearest railway station	Tikani	12 km
Nearest town	Purāini	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sonhaula	22 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 Sonhaula 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 2,059. That makes it the 26th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,428 residents.

Karharia village has 1,041 males and 1,018 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karharia has about 978 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 907.

The pincode recorded for Karharia is 813205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karharia covers 127 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Karharia falls under Sonhaula 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 Sonhaula tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Tikani is about 12 km away. Purāini is about 15 km away. Sonhaula is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.