About Karanpura Village

Karanpura is a mid sized village in Pirtanr tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 898, made up of 466 males and 432 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 86.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karanpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanpura village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Pirtanr
Pincode	825108
Area (hectares)	86.33 hectares
Population	898
Male Population	466
Female Population	432
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	927
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Karanpura compares

By the 2011 count Karanpura is the 33rd largest of the 174 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 572 residents. Its 86.33 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Karanpura

Karanpura is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Karanpura as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karanpura from other places

Karanpura lies about 23 km from Pirtanr, and the nearest railway station is Giridih, about 20 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 Karanpura
Nearest railway station	Giridih	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pirtanr	23 km

Villages closest to Karanpura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karanpura village had a population of 898. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 174 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 572 residents.

Karanpura village has 466 males and 432 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanpura has about 927 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Karanpura is 825108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karanpura covers 86.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Karanpura falls under Pirtanr tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karanpura is Giridih, about 20 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Karanpura.

Karanpura is about 23 km from Pirtanr in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanpura is in Pirtanr tehsil of Giridih district. Giridih is about 20 km away. Pirtanr is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.