About Karinga Village

Karinga is a large village in Chapra tehsil, in the district of Saran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,786, made up of 1,443 males and 1,343 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 117 hectares hectares.

Karinga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karinga village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Saran
Tehsil	Chapra
Area (hectares)	117 hectares
Population	2,786
Male Population	1,443
Female Population	1,343
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	931
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Karinga compares

By the 2011 count Karinga is the 31st largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,457 residents. Its 117 hectares work out to about 24 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 897.

Getting to Karinga

Karinga 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 Karinga 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karinga from other places

Karinga lies about 30 km from Saran, and the nearest railway station is Teknewas, about 1.5 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 Karinga
Nearest railway station	Teknewas	1.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chapra	5.3 km
Nearest town	Chāpra	5.3 km
District headquarters	Saran	30 km

Villages closest to Karinga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karinga village had a population of 2,786. That makes it the 31st largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,457 residents.

Karinga village has 1,443 males and 1,343 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karinga has about 931 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 897.

Karinga covers 117 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 24 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Karinga falls under Chapra tehsil of Saran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Karinga is Teknewas, about 1.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Karinga.

Karinga is about 30 km from Saran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karinga is in Chapra tehsil of Saran district. Teknewas is about 1.5 km away. Chapra is about 5.3 km away. Chāpra is about 5.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.