About Karpurwa Village

Karpurwa is a large village in Sasaram tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,709, made up of 1,404 males and 1,305 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 35.7 hectares hectares.

Karpurwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karpurwa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Rohtas
Tehsil	Sasaram
Area (hectares)	35.7 hectares
Population	2,709
Male Population	1,404
Female Population	1,305
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	929
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 Karpurwa compares

By the 2011 count Karpurwa is the 20th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,519 residents. Its 35.7 hectares work out to about 76 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Karpurwa

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

Karpurwa lies about 36 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Sasaram Junction, about 1.9 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 Karpurwa
Tehsil headquarters	Sasaram	under 2 km
Nearest town	Sasarām	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Sasaram Junction	1.9 km
District headquarters	Rohtas	36 km

Villages closest to Karpurwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karpurwa village had a population of 2,709. That makes it the 20th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,519 residents.

Karpurwa village has 1,404 males and 1,305 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karpurwa has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 926.

Karpurwa covers 35.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 76 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Karpurwa falls under Sasaram tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Karpurwa is Sasaram Junction, about 1.9 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 Karpurwa.

Karpurwa is about 36 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karpurwa is in Sasaram tehsil of Rohtas district. Sasaram is about under 2 km away. Sasarām is about under 2 km away. Sasaram Junction is about 1.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.