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About Karia Village

Karia is a mid sized village in Amour tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,593, made up of 817 males and 776 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 950 females per 1000 males. The village covers 410 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 854329, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karia village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purnia
Tehsil Amour
Pincode 854329
Area (hectares) 410 hectares
Population 1,593
Male Population 817
Female Population 776
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 950
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Karia compares

By the 2011 count Karia is the 73rd largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,941 residents. Its 410 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 922.

Getting to Karia

The census records public bus service for Karia as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karia from other places

Karia lies about 34 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Satar Halt, about 13 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 Karia
Tehsil headquarters Amour 13 km
Nearest railway station Satar Halt 13 km
Nearest town Arāria 16 km
District headquarters Purnia 34 km

Villages closest to Karia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karia village had a population of 1,593. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,941 residents.

Karia village has 817 males and 776 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karia has about 950 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 922.

The pincode recorded for Karia is 854329. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karia covers 410 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karia falls under Amour tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Karia is Satar Halt, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Karia.

Karia is about 34 km from Purnia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karia is in Amour tehsil of Purnia district. Amour is about 13 km away. Satar Halt is about 13 km away. Arāria is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Piprapur Wari (under 2 km), Belka (2.7 km) and Madhua Kola (2.7 km).

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

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