About Karitanr Village

Karitanr is a mid sized village in Khaira tehsil, in the district of Jamui, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,764, made up of 929 males and 835 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 553 hectares hectares.

Karitanr Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karitanr village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Jamui
Tehsil	Khaira
Area (hectares)	553 hectares
Population	1,764
Male Population	929
Female Population	835
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karitanr compares

By the 2011 count Karitanr is the 49th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,663 residents. Its 553 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Karitanr

Karitanr is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karitanr 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karitanr from other places

Karitanr lies about 22 km from Jamui, and the nearest railway station is Chaura BH, about 26 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 Karitanr
Tehsil headquarters	Khaira	17 km
District headquarters	Jamui	22 km
Nearest town	Jamūī	22 km
Nearest railway station	Chaura BH	26 km

Villages closest to Karitanr

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karitanr village had a population of 1,764. That makes it the 49th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,663 residents.

Karitanr village has 929 males and 835 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karitanr has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 921.

Karitanr covers 553 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karitanr falls under Khaira tehsil of Jamui district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Karitanr is Chaura BH, about 26 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Karitanr.

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

Karitanr is in Khaira tehsil of Jamui district. Khaira is about 17 km away. Jamui is about 22 km away. Jamūī is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.