About Karipahari Village

Karipahari is a small village in Gawan tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 341, made up of 168 males and 173 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 227.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karipahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karipahari village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gawan
Pincode	815313
Area (hectares)	227.72 hectares
Population	341
Male Population	168
Female Population	173
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,030
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 69th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 227.72 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

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 42 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Duriatanr Halt, about 24 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
Nearest railway station	Duriatanr Halt	24 km
Nearest town	Jhajha	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gawan	35 km
District headquarters	Giridih	42 km

Villages closest to Karipahari

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gawan 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 341. That makes it the 69th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Karipahari village has 168 males and 173 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karipahari has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Karipahari is 815313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karipahari covers 227.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karipahari falls under Gawan tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karipahari is Duriatanr Halt, about 24 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 42 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karipahari is in Gawan tehsil of Giridih district. Duriatanr Halt is about 24 km away. Jhajha is about 26 km away. Gawan is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.