About Karhama Village

Karhama is a small village in Karnah tehsil, in the district of Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 313, made up of 164 males and 149 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47.8 hectares hectares.

Karhama Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karhama village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kupwara
Tehsil	Karnah
Area (hectares)	47.8 hectares
Population	313
Male Population	164
Female Population	149
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	909
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karhama compares

By the 2011 count Karhama is the 34th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,143 residents. Its 47.8 hectares work out to about 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 861.

Getting to Karhama

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

Karhama lies about 44 km from Kupwara, and the nearest railway station is Baramula, about 58 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 Karhama
Tehsil headquarters	Karnah	4.8 km
District headquarters	Kupwara	44 km
Nearest town	Kopawor	44 km
Nearest railway station	Baramula	58 km

Villages closest to Karhama

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karhama village had a population of 313. That makes it the 34th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,143 residents.

Karhama village has 164 males and 149 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karhama has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 861.

Karhama covers 47.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Karhama falls under Karnah tehsil of Kupwara district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Karhama is Baramula, about 58 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Karhama.

Karhama is about 44 km from Kupwara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karhama is in Karnah tehsil of Kupwara district. Karnah is about 4.8 km away. Kupwara is about 44 km away. Kopawor is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.