About Karai Village

Karai is a large village in Naubatpur tehsil, in the district of Patna, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,461, made up of 1,299 males and 1,162 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 217 hectares hectares.

Karai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karai village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Patna
Tehsil	Naubatpur
Area (hectares)	217 hectares
Population	2,461
Male Population	1,299
Female Population	1,162
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	895
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karai compares

By the 2011 count Karai is the 25th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents. Its 217 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 900.

Getting to Karai

Karai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karai as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Karai from other places

Karai lies about 18 km from Patna, and the nearest railway station is Gandhi Halt, about 2.1 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 Karai
Nearest railway station	Gandhi Halt	2.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Naubatpur	6.0 km
District headquarters	Patna	18 km

Villages closest to Karai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karai village had a population of 2,461. That makes it the 25th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents.

Karai village has 1,299 males and 1,162 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karai has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 900.

Karai covers 217 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Karai falls under Naubatpur tehsil of Patna district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Karai is Gandhi Halt, about 2.1 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 village for Karai.

Karai is about 18 km from Patna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karai is in Naubatpur tehsil of Patna district. Gandhi Halt is about 2.1 km away. Naubatpur is about 6.0 km away. Patna is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.