About Karpalia Village

Karpalia is a large village in Goriakothi tehsil, in the district of Siwan, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,419, made up of 1,749 males and 1,670 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 955 females per 1000 males. The village covers 222 hectares hectares.

Karpalia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karpalia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Siwan
Tehsil	Goriakothi
Area (hectares)	222 hectares
Population	3,419
Male Population	1,749
Female Population	1,670
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	955
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karpalia compares

By the 2011 count Karpalia is the 22nd largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,838 residents. Its 222 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Karpalia

Karpalia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karpalia 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karpalia from other places

Karpalia lies about 19 km from Siwan, and the nearest railway station is Bishunpur Mahuari Halt, about 11 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 Karpalia
Nearest railway station	Bishunpur Mahuari Halt	11 km
Nearest town	Mahārājgani	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Goriakothi	19 km
District headquarters	Siwan	19 km

Villages closest to Karpalia

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 Karpalia

As per the Census of India 2011, Karpalia village had a population of 3,419. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,838 residents.

Karpalia village has 1,749 males and 1,670 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karpalia has about 955 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1015.

Karpalia covers 222 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Karpalia falls under Goriakothi tehsil of Siwan district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Karpalia is Bishunpur Mahuari Halt, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Karpalia.

Karpalia is about 19 km from Siwan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karpalia is in Goriakothi tehsil of Siwan district. Bishunpur Mahuari Halt is about 11 km away. Mahārājgani is about 13 km away. Goriakothi is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.