About Karihari Village

Karihari is a large village in Jamua tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,689, made up of 2,344 males and 2,345 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 290.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825412, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karihari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karihari village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Jamua
Pincode	825412
Area (hectares)	290.68 hectares
Population	4,689
Male Population	2,344
Female Population	2,345
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karihari compares

By the 2011 count Karihari is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 912 residents. Its 290.68 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Karihari

Karihari is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karihari as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Karihari from other places

Karihari lies about 140 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Kathautia, about 32 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 Karihari
Nearest town	Chatrā	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jamua	21 km
Nearest railway station	Kathautia	32 km
District headquarters	Giridih	140 km

Villages closest to Karihari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karihari village had a population of 4,689. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 912 residents.

Karihari village has 2,344 males and 2,345 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karihari has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

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

Karihari covers 290.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Karihari falls under Jamua tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karihari is Kathautia, about 32 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 village for Karihari.

Karihari is about 140 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karihari is in Jamua tehsil of Giridih district. Chatrā is about 12 km away. Jamua is about 21 km away. Kathautia is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.