About Karharia Village

Karharia is a mid sized village in Kharagpur tehsil, in the district of Munger, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,557, made up of 842 males and 715 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 849 females per 1000 males. The village covers 280 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 811211, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karharia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Munger
Tehsil	Kharagpur
Pincode	811211
Area (hectares)	280 hectares
Population	1,557
Male Population	842
Female Population	715
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	849
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karharia compares

By the 2011 count Karharia is the 39th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,948 residents. Its 280 hectares work out to about 5.6 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 890.

Getting to Karharia

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

Karharia lies about 24 km from Munger, and the nearest railway station is Khariapipra Halt, about 2.8 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 Karharia
Nearest railway station	Khariapipra Halt	2.8 km
Nearest town	Sultānganj	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kharagpur	13 km
District headquarters	Munger	24 km

Villages closest to Karharia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karharia village had a population of 1,557. That makes it the 39th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,948 residents.

Karharia village has 842 males and 715 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karharia has about 849 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 890.

The pincode recorded for Karharia is 811211. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karharia covers 280 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karharia falls under Kharagpur tehsil of Munger district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Karharia is Khariapipra Halt, about 2.8 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 5 - 10 km distance for Karharia.

Karharia is about 24 km from Munger in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karharia is in Kharagpur tehsil of Munger district. Khariapipra Halt is about 2.8 km away. Sultānganj is about 11 km away. Kharagpur is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.