About Karui Village

Karui is a mid sized village in Majhiaon tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,679, made up of 868 males and 811 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 415 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karui Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karui village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Majhiaon
Pincode	822114
Area (hectares)	415 hectares
Population	1,679
Male Population	868
Female Population	811
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	934
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 Karui compares

By the 2011 count Karui is the 11th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,278 residents. Its 415 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Karui

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

Karui lies about 17 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Meralgram, about 10 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 Karui
Tehsil headquarters	Majhiaon	10 km
Nearest railway station	Meralgram	10 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	17 km

Villages closest to Karui

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karui village had a population of 1,679. That makes it the 11th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,278 residents.

Karui village has 868 males and 811 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karui has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 952.

The pincode recorded for Karui is 822114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karui covers 415 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karui falls under Majhiaon tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karui is Meralgram, about 10 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 Karui.

Karui is about 17 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karui is in Majhiaon tehsil of Garhwa district. Majhiaon is about 10 km away. Meralgram is about 10 km away. Garhwa is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.