About Karande Village

Karande is a large village in Chewara tehsil, in the district of Sheikhpura, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,440, made up of 1,162 males and 1,278 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,100 females per 1000 males. The village covers 597 hectares hectares.

Karande Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karande village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Sheikhpura
Tehsil	Chewara
Area (hectares)	597 hectares
Population	2,440
Male Population	1,162
Female Population	1,278
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,100
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Karande compares

By the 2011 count Karande is the 10th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,879 residents. Its 597 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Karande

Karande is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karande as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Karande from other places

Karande lies about 16 km from Sheikhpura, and the nearest railway station is Sirari, about 12 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 Karande
Tehsil headquarters	Chewara	6.1 km
Nearest railway station	Sirari	12 km
District headquarters	Sheikhpura	16 km

Villages closest to Karande

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karande village had a population of 2,440. That makes it the 10th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,879 residents.

Karande village has 1,162 males and 1,278 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karande has about 1100 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 965.

Karande covers 597 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karande falls under Chewara tehsil of Sheikhpura district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Karande is Sirari, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Karande.

Karande is about 16 km from Sheikhpura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karande is in Chewara tehsil of Sheikhpura district. Chewara is about 6.1 km away. Sirari is about 12 km away. Sheikhpura is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.