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About Karampura Village

Karampura is a small village in Tundi tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 219, made up of 102 males and 117 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,147 females per 1000 males. The village covers 92 hectares hectares.

Karampura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karampura village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dhanbad
Tehsil Tundi
Area (hectares) 92 hectares
Population 219
Male Population 102
Female Population 117
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,147
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 Karampura compares

By the 2011 count Karampura is the 135th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 543 residents. Its 92 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Karampura

Karampura is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Karampura 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 Karampura from other places

Karampura lies about 25 km from Dhanbad, and the nearest railway station is Giridih, about 20 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 Karampura
Tehsil headquarters Tundi 7.6 km
Nearest railway station Giridih 20 km
District headquarters Dhanbad 25 km

Villages closest to Karampura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karampura village had a population of 219. That makes it the 135th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 543 residents.

Karampura village has 102 males and 117 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karampura has about 1147 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 958.

Karampura covers 92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karampura falls under Tundi tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karampura is Giridih, about 20 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 Karampura.

Karampura is about 25 km from Dhanbad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karampura is in Tundi tehsil of Dhanbad district. Tundi is about 7.6 km away. Giridih is about 20 km away. Dhanbad is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Madhopur (under 2 km), Bhuski (under 2 km) and Kadwara (under 2 km).

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

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