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About Karampura Village

Karampura is a mid sized village in Saraiyahat tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 891, made up of 383 males and 508 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,326 females per 1000 males. The village covers 164.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karampura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karampura village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dumka
Tehsil Saraiyahat
Pincode 814151
Area (hectares) 164.3 hectares
Population 891
Male Population 383
Female Population 508
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,326
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 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 39th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 554 residents. Its 164.3 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Karampura

Karampura is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Karampura as Available within <5 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 59 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Baidyanathdham, about 3.0 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 Karampura
Nearest town Deoghar 2.4 km
Nearest railway station Baidyanathdham 3.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Saraiyahat 31 km
District headquarters Dumka 59 km

Villages closest to Karampura

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Saraiyahat 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 891. That makes it the 39th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 554 residents.

Karampura village has 383 males and 508 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karampura has about 1326 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Karampura is 814151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karampura covers 164.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karampura falls under Saraiyahat tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karampura is Baidyanathdham, about 3.0 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Karampura.

Karampura is about 59 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karampura is in Saraiyahat tehsil of Dumka district. Deoghar is about 2.4 km away. Baidyanathdham is about 3.0 km away. Saraiyahat is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rampur (under 2 km), Sangrampur Tongi (under 2 km) and Dumarthar (7.3 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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