About Karu Raidih Village

Karu Raidih is a small village in Dhanwar tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 297, made up of 149 males and 148 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 993 females per 1000 males. The village covers 109.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825412, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karu Raidih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karu Raidih village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Dhanwar
Pincode	825412
Area (hectares)	109.23 hectares
Population	297
Male Population	149
Female Population	148
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	993
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karu Raidih compares

By the 2011 count Karu Raidih is the 204th largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 959 residents. Its 109.23 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Karu Raidih

Karu Raidih is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karu Raidih as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Karu Raidih from other places

Karu Raidih lies about 37 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Duriatanr Halt, about 12 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 Karu Raidih
Nearest railway station	Duriatanr Halt	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhanwar	21 km
District headquarters	Giridih	37 km

Villages closest to Karu Raidih

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhanwar 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 Karu Raidih

As per the Census of India 2011, Karu Raidih village had a population of 297. That makes it the 204th largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 959 residents.

Karu Raidih village has 149 males and 148 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karu Raidih has about 993 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 933.

The pincode recorded for Karu Raidih is 825412. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karu Raidih covers 109.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karu Raidih falls under Dhanwar tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karu Raidih is Duriatanr Halt, about 12 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Karu Raidih.

Karu Raidih is about 37 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karu Raidih is in Dhanwar tehsil of Giridih district. Duriatanr Halt is about 12 km away. Dhanwar is about 21 km away. Giridih is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.