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About Keriapahar Village

Keriapahar is a small village in Boarijor tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 32, made up of 16 males and 16 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males.

Keriapahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keriapahar village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Boarijor
Population 32
Male Population 16
Female Population 16
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Keriapahar compares

By the 2011 count Keriapahar is the 273rd largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 442 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Keriapahar

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

Keriapahar lies about 60 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Karanpurato, about 3.6 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 Keriapahar
Nearest railway station Karanpurato 3.6 km
Nearest town Rājmahal 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Boarijor 24 km
District headquarters Godda 60 km

Villages closest to Keriapahar

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

Common questions about Keriapahar

As per the Census of India 2011, Keriapahar village had a population of 32. That makes it the 273rd largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 442 residents.

Keriapahar village has 16 males and 16 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keriapahar has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

Keriapahar falls under Boarijor tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Keriapahar is Karanpurato, about 3.6 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 and private bus service as Available for Keriapahar.

Keriapahar is about 60 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keriapahar is in Boarijor tehsil of Godda district. Karanpurato is about 3.6 km away. Rājmahal is about 14 km away. Boarijor is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Juniya Tola (under 2 km), Muri (under 2 km) and Muchuradaldali (1.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Keriapahar today is likely to be higher.

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