About Karipahari Village

Karipahari is a mid sized village in Gopikandar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 705, made up of 332 males and 373 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,123 females per 1000 males. The village covers 333 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karipahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karipahari village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Gopikandar
Pincode	814145
Area (hectares)	333 hectares
Population	705
Male Population	332
Female Population	373
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,123
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 11th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 327 residents. Its 333 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

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 52 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Tilbhita, about 27 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
Tehsil headquarters	Gopikandar	25 km
Nearest town	Pakur	27 km
Nearest railway station	Tilbhita	27 km
District headquarters	Dumka	52 km

Villages closest to Karipahari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karipahari village had a population of 705. That makes it the 11th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 327 residents.

Karipahari village has 332 males and 373 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karipahari has about 1123 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Karipahari is 814145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karipahari covers 333 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karipahari falls under Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karipahari is Tilbhita, about 27 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 52 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karipahari is in Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district. Gopikandar is about 25 km away. Pakur is about 27 km away. Tilbhita is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.