About Karaian Village

Karaian is a mid sized village in Rajauri tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,100, made up of 586 males and 514 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 234.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185131, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karaian Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karaian village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Rajauri
Pincode	185131
Area (hectares)	234.3 hectares
Population	1,100
Male Population	586
Female Population	514
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	877
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 Karaian compares

By the 2011 count Karaian is the 49th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,352 residents. Its 234.3 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Karaian

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

Karaian lies about 13 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 65 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 Karaian
Tehsil headquarters	Rajauri	2.8 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	2.8 km
District headquarters	Rajouri	13 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	65 km

Villages closest to Karaian

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Karaian

As per the Census of India 2011, Karaian village had a population of 1,100. That makes it the 49th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,352 residents.

Karaian village has 586 males and 514 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karaian has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 920.

The pincode recorded for Karaian is 185131. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karaian covers 234.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karaian falls under Rajauri tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Karaian is Dugga, about 65 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 Karaian.

Karaian is about 13 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karaian is in Rajauri tehsil of Rajouri district. Rajauri is about 2.8 km away. Rajaori is about 2.8 km away. Rajouri is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.