About Karahi Khurd Village

Karahi Khurd is a large village in Basantpur tehsil, in the district of Siwan, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,815, made up of 1,496 males and 1,319 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 102 hectares hectares.

Karahi Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karahi Khurd village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Siwan
Tehsil	Basantpur
Area (hectares)	102 hectares
Population	2,815
Male Population	1,496
Female Population	1,319
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	882
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karahi Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Karahi Khurd is the 14th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,567 residents. Its 102 hectares work out to about 28 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Karahi Khurd

Karahi Khurd is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karahi Khurd 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karahi Khurd from other places

Karahi Khurd lies about 31 km from Siwan, and the nearest railway station is Barkagaon Halt, about 2.9 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 Karahi Khurd
Tehsil headquarters	Basantpur	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Barkagaon Halt	2.9 km
Nearest town	Mahārājgani	17 km
District headquarters	Siwan	31 km

Villages closest to Karahi Khurd

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Basantpur 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 Karahi Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Karahi Khurd village had a population of 2,815. That makes it the 14th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,567 residents.

Karahi Khurd village has 1,496 males and 1,319 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karahi Khurd has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Karahi Khurd covers 102 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 28 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Karahi Khurd falls under Basantpur tehsil of Siwan district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Karahi Khurd is Barkagaon Halt, about 2.9 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Karahi Khurd.

Karahi Khurd is about 31 km from Siwan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karahi Khurd is in Basantpur tehsil of Siwan district. Basantpur is about under 2 km away. Barkagaon Halt is about 2.9 km away. Mahārājgani is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.