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About Karipahari Village

Karipahari is a mid sized village in Madhupur tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 572, made up of 277 males and 295 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,065 females per 1000 males. The village covers 255 hectares hectares.

Karipahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karipahari village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Deoghar
Tehsil Madhupur
Area (hectares) 255 hectares
Population 572
Male Population 277
Female Population 295
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,065
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karipahari compares

By the 2011 count Karipahari is the 82nd largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 665 residents. Its 255 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Karipahari

Karipahari is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Karipahari as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Karipahari from other places

Karipahari lies about 48 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Giridih, about 5.0 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 Karipahari
Nearest railway station Giridih 5.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Madhupur 30 km
District headquarters Deoghar 48 km

Villages closest to Karipahari

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

Common questions about Karipahari

As per the Census of India 2011, Karipahari village had a population of 572. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 665 residents.

Karipahari village has 277 males and 295 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karipahari has about 1065 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 963.

Karipahari covers 255 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karipahari falls under Madhupur tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karipahari is Giridih, about 5.0 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 10+ km distance for Karipahari.

Karipahari is about 48 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karipahari is in Madhupur tehsil of Deoghar district. Giridih is about 5.0 km away. Madhupur is about 30 km away. Deoghar is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ratubahiar (2.1 km), Baghora (2.8 km) and Dhab (4.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Karipahari today is likely to be higher.

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