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About Karhi Village

Karhi is one of the larger villages in Benipatti tehsil, in the district of Madhubani, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 9,311, made up of 4,961 males and 4,350 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 678.04 hectares hectares.

Karhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karhi village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Madhubani
Tehsil Benipatti
Area (hectares) 678.04 hectares
Population 9,311
Male Population 4,961
Female Population 4,350
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 877
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karhi compares

By the 2011 count Karhi is the 8th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 3,841 residents. Its 678.04 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Karhi

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

How far is Karhi from other places

Karhi lies about 9.6 km from Madhubani, and the nearest railway station is Rajanagar, about under 2 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 Karhi
Nearest railway station Rajanagar under 2 km
District headquarters Madhubani 9.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Benipatti 24 km

Villages closest to Karhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karhi village had a population of 9,311. That makes it the 8th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,841 residents.

Karhi village has 4,961 males and 4,350 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karhi has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 913.

Karhi covers 678.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Karhi falls under Benipatti tehsil of Madhubani district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Karhi is Rajanagar, about under 2 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Karhi.

Karhi is about 9.6 km from Madhubani in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karhi is in Benipatti tehsil of Madhubani district. Rajanagar is about under 2 km away. Madhubani is about 9.6 km away. Benipatti is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kamrahi (under 2 km), Agaropatti (4.5 km) and Pali (8.7 km).

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

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