About Karea Village

Karea is a mid sized village in Tikari tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 701, made up of 375 males and 326 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 117 hectares hectares.

Karea Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karea village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Tikari
Area (hectares)	117 hectares
Population	701
Male Population	375
Female Population	326
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	869
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 Karea compares

By the 2011 count Karea is the 109th largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,627 residents. Its 117 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Karea

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

Karea lies about 18 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Paraiya, about 8.0 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 Karea
Tehsil headquarters	Tikari	6.8 km
Nearest town	Tekāri	6.8 km
Nearest railway station	Paraiya	8.0 km
District headquarters	Gaya	18 km

Villages closest to Karea

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karea village had a population of 701. That makes it the 109th largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,627 residents.

Karea village has 375 males and 326 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karea has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 930.

Karea covers 117 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karea falls under Tikari tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Karea is Paraiya, about 8.0 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 Karea.

Karea is about 18 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karea is in Tikari tehsil of Gaya district. Tikari is about 6.8 km away. Tekāri is about 6.8 km away. Paraiya is about 8.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.