About Karjan Village

Karjan is a large village in Athmalgola tehsil, in the district of Patna, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,036, made up of 2,165 males and 1,871 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 259 hectares hectares.

Karjan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karjan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Patna
Tehsil	Athmalgola
Area (hectares)	259 hectares
Population	4,036
Male Population	2,165
Female Population	1,871
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	864
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 Karjan compares

By the 2011 count Karjan is the 9th largest of the 22 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 4,135 residents. Its 259 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Karjan

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

Karjan lies about 52 km from Patna, and the nearest railway station is Athmal Gola, 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 Karjan
Nearest railway station	Athmal Gola	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Athmalgola	2.7 km
Nearest town	Bakhtiarpur	9.0 km
District headquarters	Patna	52 km

Villages closest to Karjan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karjan village had a population of 4,036. That makes it the 9th largest of the 22 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,135 residents.

Karjan village has 2,165 males and 1,871 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karjan has about 864 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 888.

Karjan covers 259 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Karjan falls under Athmalgola tehsil of Patna district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Karjan is Athmal Gola, about under 2 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 Karjan.

Karjan is about 52 km from Patna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karjan is in Athmalgola tehsil of Patna district. Athmal Gola is about under 2 km away. Athmalgola is about 2.7 km away. Bakhtiarpur is about 9.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.