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About Karehbari Village

Karehbari is a large village in Kochadhamin tehsil, in the district of Kishanganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,279, made up of 1,200 males and 1,079 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 533.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 855115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karehbari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karehbari village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Kishanganj
Tehsil Kochadhamin
Pincode 855115
Area (hectares) 533.24 hectares
Population 2,279
Male Population 1,200
Female Population 1,079
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 899
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 Karehbari compares

By the 2011 count Karehbari is the 49th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,069 residents. Its 533.24 hectares work out to about 4.3 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 933.

Getting to Karehbari

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

Karehbari lies about 50 km from Kishanganj, and the nearest railway station is Arariya, about 21 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 Karehbari
Nearest town Arāria 17 km
Nearest railway station Arariya 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Kochadhamin 31 km
District headquarters Kishanganj 50 km

Villages closest to Karehbari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karehbari village had a population of 2,279. That makes it the 49th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,069 residents.

Karehbari village has 1,200 males and 1,079 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karehbari 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 933.

The pincode recorded for Karehbari is 855115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karehbari covers 533.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karehbari falls under Kochadhamin tehsil of Kishanganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Karehbari is Arariya, about 21 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 Karehbari.

Karehbari is about 50 km from Kishanganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karehbari is in Kochadhamin tehsil of Kishanganj district. Arāria is about 17 km away. Arariya is about 21 km away. Kochadhamin is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kuari (18 km), Harwadanga (21 km) and Lator (23 km).

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

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