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About Karmaini Village

Karmaini is a small village in Katiya tehsil, in the district of Gopalganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 478, made up of 213 males and 265 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,244 females per 1000 males. The village covers 82 hectares hectares.

Karmaini Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karmaini village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gopalganj
Tehsil Katiya
Area (hectares) 82 hectares
Population 478
Male Population 213
Female Population 265
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,244
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Karmaini compares

By the 2011 count Karmaini is the 74th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,104 residents. Its 82 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1114.

Getting to Karmaini

The census records public bus service for Karmaini as Available within 5 - 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 Karmaini from other places

Karmaini lies about 22 km from Gopalganj, and the nearest railway station is Jalalpur, about 16 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 Karmaini
Nearest railway station Jalalpur 16 km
Nearest town Bettiah 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Katiya 22 km
District headquarters Gopalganj 22 km

Villages closest to Karmaini

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karmaini village had a population of 478. That makes it the 74th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,104 residents.

Karmaini village has 213 males and 265 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karmaini has about 1244 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1114.

Karmaini covers 82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karmaini falls under Katiya tehsil of Gopalganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Karmaini is Jalalpur, about 16 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Karmaini.

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

Karmaini is in Katiya tehsil of Gopalganj district. Jalalpur is about 16 km away. Bettiah is about 17 km away. Katiya is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gaura (4.9 km), Parsauni (6.1 km) and Rudarpur (6.5 km).

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

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