About Karanpura Village

Karanpura is a large village in Goriakothi tehsil, in the district of Siwan, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,156, made up of 1,056 males and 1,100 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,042 females per 1000 males. The village covers 154 hectares hectares.

Karanpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanpura village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Siwan
Tehsil	Goriakothi
Area (hectares)	154 hectares
Population	2,156
Male Population	1,056
Female Population	1,100
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 Karanpura compares

By the 2011 count Karanpura is the 31st largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,838 residents. Its 154 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Karanpura

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

Karanpura lies about 17 km from Siwan, and the nearest railway station is Bishunpur Mahuari Halt, about 7.6 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 Karanpura
Nearest railway station	Bishunpur Mahuari Halt	7.6 km
Nearest town	Mahārājgani	9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Goriakothi	17 km
District headquarters	Siwan	17 km

Villages closest to Karanpura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karanpura village had a population of 2,156. That makes it the 31st largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,838 residents.

Karanpura village has 1,056 males and 1,100 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanpura has about 1042 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1015.

Karanpura covers 154 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Karanpura falls under Goriakothi tehsil of Siwan district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Karanpura is Bishunpur Mahuari Halt, about 7.6 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 Karanpura.

Karanpura is about 17 km from Siwan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanpura is in Goriakothi tehsil of Siwan district. Bishunpur Mahuari Halt is about 7.6 km away. Mahārājgani is about 9.4 km away. Goriakothi is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.