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About Karman Chak Village

Karman Chak is a small village in Barbigha tehsil, in the district of Sheikhpura, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 194, made up of 95 males and 99 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,042 females per 1000 males. The village covers 59 hectares hectares.

Karman Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karman Chak village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Sheikhpura
Tehsil Barbigha
Area (hectares) 59 hectares
Population 194
Male Population 95
Female Population 99
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,042
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 Karman Chak compares

By the 2011 count Karman Chak is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,079 residents. Its 59 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Karman Chak

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

Karman Chak lies about 33 km from Sheikhpura, and the nearest railway station is Harnaut, about 7.8 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 Karman Chak
Nearest railway station Harnaut 7.8 km
Nearest town Bakhtiarpur 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Barbigha 19 km
District headquarters Sheikhpura 33 km

Villages closest to Karman Chak

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Barbigha 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 Karman Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Karman Chak village had a population of 194. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,079 residents.

Karman Chak village has 95 males and 99 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karman Chak has about 1042 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 951.

Karman Chak covers 59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karman Chak falls under Barbigha tehsil of Sheikhpura district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Karman Chak is Harnaut, about 7.8 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 Karman Chak.

Karman Chak is about 33 km from Sheikhpura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karman Chak is in Barbigha tehsil of Sheikhpura district. Harnaut is about 7.8 km away. Bakhtiarpur is about 14 km away. Barbigha is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chainpur Dih (10 km), Gobindpur (13 km) and Chak Suja (14 km).

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

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