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About Dharia Karanpur Village

Dharia Karanpur is a mid sized village in Amour tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 775, made up of 410 males and 365 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47 hectares hectares.

Dharia Karanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharia Karanpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purnia
Tehsil Amour
Area (hectares) 47 hectares
Population 775
Male Population 410
Female Population 365
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 890
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dharia Karanpur compares

By the 2011 count Dharia Karanpur is the 106th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,941 residents. Its 47 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 922.

Getting to Dharia Karanpur

Dharia Karanpur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Dharia Karanpur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Dharia Karanpur from other places

Dharia Karanpur lies about 34 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Surja Kama, about 15 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 Dharia Karanpur
Tehsil headquarters Amour 3.2 km
Nearest railway station Surja Kama 15 km
Nearest town Kasba 23 km
District headquarters Purnia 34 km

Villages closest to Dharia Karanpur

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 Dharia Karanpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharia Karanpur village had a population of 775. That makes it the 106th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,941 residents.

Dharia Karanpur village has 410 males and 365 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharia Karanpur has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 922.

Dharia Karanpur covers 47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Dharia Karanpur falls under Amour tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Dharia Karanpur is Surja Kama, about 15 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Dharia Karanpur.

Dharia Karanpur 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.

Dharia Karanpur is in Amour tehsil of Purnia district. Amour is about 3.2 km away. Surja Kama is about 15 km away. Kasba is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Baghua Kola (under 2 km), Halalpur (under 2 km) and Bhawanipur (under 2 km).

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

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